Proverbs 16:8 KJV
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
Proverbs 16:8, King James Version
In context
7 When a man’s ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
8 Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
9 A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 15:16 Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.
- Psalms 37:16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
- 1 Timothy 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
- Jeremiah 17:11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
- Proverbs 21:6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.