Proverbs Chapter 16 verse 8 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 16:8

Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.
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BBE Proverbs 16:8

Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.
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DARBY Proverbs 16:8

Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right.
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KJV Proverbs 16:8

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
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WBT Proverbs 16:8


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WEB Proverbs 16:8

Better is a little with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.
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YLT Proverbs 16:8

Better `is' a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - Better is a little with righteousness (Proverbs 15:16; Psalm 37:16). "Righteousness" may mean here a holy life or just dealing; as without right, or, with injustice, in the second clause, may refer either generally wickedness, or specially to fraud and oppression (Jeremiah 22:13). Says Theognis - Βούλεο δ εὐσεβέων ὀλίγοις σὺν χρήμασιν οἰκεῖνΗ πλουτεῖν ἀδίκως χρήματα πασάμενος. "Wish thou with scanty means pious to live,Rather than rich with large, ill-gotten wealth." Another maxim says to the same effect - Λεπτῶς καλῶς ζῇν κρεῖσσον η} λαμπρῶς κακῶς. Septuagint, "Better is small getting (λῆψις) with righteousness, than great revenues with iniquity" (see on Proverbs 15:29).

Ellicott's Commentary