Proverbs 16:8

Modern

Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.

Traditional

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

Literal

Better is a little with righteousness than an abundance of increase without justice.

Latin

Melius est parum cum justitia quam multi fructus cum iniquitate.

Hebrew

English

Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.

Better a little: See also Proverbs 15:16.

Theme notes and profiles

Proverbs 15:16
Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.
Psalm 37:16
Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.
1 Timothy 6:6–9
Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.
Jeremiah 17:11
Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”
Proverbs 21:6–7
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
Micah 6:10
Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?