| Proverbs 16:8 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | Better is a little with righteousness Than great income with injustice. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | Better a few possessions gained honestly than many gained through injustice.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. |
| ASV: | Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice. |
| BBE: | Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing. |
| DBY: | Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right. |
| ERV: | Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice. |
| JPS: | Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice. |
| WBS: | Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right. |
| WEB: | Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice. |
| YLT: | Better is a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice. |
| Proverbs 16:8 Cross References |
| XREF: | Proverbs 16:7 When a man's ways are pleasing to the LORD, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Proverbs 16:9 The mind of man plans his way, But the LORD directs his steps. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| MHC: | 16:4. God makes use of the wicked to execute righteous vengeance on each other; and he will be glorified by their destruction at last. 5. Though sinners strengthen themselves and one another, they shall not escape God's judgments. 6. By the mercy and truth of God in Christ Jesus, the sins of believers are taken away, and the power of sin is broken. 7. He that has all hearts in his hand, can make a man's enemies to be at peace with him. 8. A small estate, honestly come by, will turn to better account than a great estate ill-gotten. 9. If men make God's glory their end, and his will their rule, he will direct their steps by his Spirit and grace. 10. Let kings and judges of the earth be just, and rule in the fear of God. 11. To observe justice in dealings between man and man is God's appointment. |
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