Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice. New Living Translation Better to have little, with godliness, than to be rich and dishonest. English Standard Version Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice. Berean Standard Bible Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice. King James Bible Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. New King James Version Better is a little with righteousness, Than vast revenues without justice. New American Standard Bible Better is a little with righteousness Than great income with injustice. NASB 1995 Better is a little with righteousness Than great income with injustice. NASB 1977 Better is a little with righteousness Than great income with injustice. Legacy Standard Bible Better is a little with righteousness Than great produce with injustice. Amplified Bible Better is a little with righteousness Than great income [gained] with injustice. Christian Standard Bible Better a little with righteousness than great income with injustice. Holman Christian Standard Bible Better a little with righteousness than great income with injustice. American Standard Version Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Better is a little in righteousness than a multitude of gain which is not by justice.He that seeks the Lord shall find knowledge with righteousness: and they that rightly seek him shall find peace. Contemporary English Version It's better to be honest and poor than to be dishonest and rich. Douay-Rheims Bible Better is a little with justice, than great revenues with iniquity. English Revised Version Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice. GOD'S WORD® Translation Better a few [possessions] gained honestly than many gained through injustice. Good News Translation It is better to have a little, honestly earned, than to have a large income, dishonestly gained. International Standard Version A little gain with righteousness is better than great income without justice. JPS Tanakh 1917 Better is a little with righteousness Than great revenues with injustice. Literal Standard Version Better [is] a little with righteousness, | Than abundance of increase without justice. Majority Standard Bible Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice. New American Bible Better a little with justice, than a large income with injustice. NET Bible Better to have a little with righteousness than to have abundant income without justice. New Revised Standard Version Better is a little with righteousness than large income with injustice. New Heart English Bible Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice. Webster's Bible Translation Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right. World English Bible Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice. Young's Literal Translation Better is a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Reply of the Tongue is from the LORD…7When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him. 8Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice. 9A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.… Cross References Psalm 37:16 Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked. Proverbs 15:16 Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil. Proverbs 16:7 When a man's ways please the LORD, He makes even the man's enemies live at peace with him. Proverbs 16:9 A man's heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps. Ecclesiastes 4:6 Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind. Treasury of Scripture Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. is Proverbs 15:16 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith. Psalm 37:16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. 1 Timothy 6:6-9 But godliness with contentment is great gain… great Proverbs 21:6,7 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death… 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. Micah 6:10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? Jump to Previous Abundance Better Gain Great Income Increase Injustice Justice Little Revenues Right Righteousness Wealth WrongdoingJump to Next Abundance Better Gain Great Income Increase Injustice Justice Little Revenues Right Righteousness Wealth WrongdoingProverbs 16 1. The Plans of the heartVerse 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 οἰκεῖν "Wish thou with scanty means pious to live, 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). Hebrew Betterטוֹב־ (ṭō·wḇ-) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good a little מְ֭עַט (mə·‘aṭ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 4592: A little, fewness, a few with righteousness בִּצְדָקָ֑ה (biṣ·ḏā·qāh) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6666: Rightness, subjectively, objectively than great מֵרֹ֥ב (mê·rōḇ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7230: Multitude, abundance, greatness gain תְּ֝בוּא֗וֹת (tə·ḇū·’ō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 8393: Product, revenue with injustice. בְּלֹ֣א (bə·lō) Preposition-b | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no Links Proverbs 16:8 NIVProverbs 16:8 NLT Proverbs 16:8 ESV Proverbs 16:8 NASB Proverbs 16:8 KJV Proverbs 16:8 BibleApps.com Proverbs 16:8 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 16:8 Chinese Bible Proverbs 16:8 French Bible Proverbs 16:8 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 16:8 Better is a little with righteousness than (Prov. Pro Pr) |
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