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New Century Version
Proverbs 16:8
It is better to be poor and right than to be wealthy and dishonest.
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English Standard Version
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Better is a litle with righteousnesse, then great reuenues without equitie.
Better is a litle with righteousnesse, then great reuenues without equitie.
Christian Standard Bible®
Better a little with righteousnessthan great income with injustice.
Better a little with righteousnessthan great income with injustice.
Hebrew Names Version
Better is a little with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.
Better is a little with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.
Easy-to-Read Version
It is better to be poor and do right than to be rich and do wrong.
It is better to be poor and do right than to be rich and do wrong.
Amplified Bible
Better is a little with righteousness Than great income [gained] with injustice.
Better is a little with righteousness Than great income [gained] with injustice.
American Standard Version
Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.
Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.
Contemporary English Version
It's better to be honest and poor than to be dishonest and rich.
It's better to be honest and poor than to be dishonest and rich.
Complete Jewish Bible
Better a little with righteousness than a huge income with injustice.
Better a little with righteousness than a huge income with injustice.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.
King James Version (1611)
Better is a little with righteousnesse, then great reuenewes without right.
Better is a little with righteousnesse, then great reuenewes without right.
English Revised Version
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.
Berean Standard Bible
Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.
Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.
Lexham English Bible
Better is little with righteousness than great income with no justice.
Better is little with righteousness than great income with no justice.
Literal Translation
Better is a little with righteousness than great increase without right.
Better is a little with righteousness than great increase without right.
New English Translation
Better to have a little with righteousness than to have abundant income without justice.
Better to have a little with righteousness than to have abundant income without justice.
New King James Version
Better is a little with righteousness, Than vast revenues without justice.
Better is a little with righteousness, Than vast revenues without justice.
New Living Translation
Better to have little, with godliness, than to be rich and dishonest.
Better to have little, with godliness, than to be rich and dishonest.
New Life Bible
A little earned in a right way is better than much earned in a wrong way.
A little earned in a right way is better than much earned in a wrong way.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Better a little with righteousness, than large revenues, without justice.
Better a little with righteousness, than large revenues, without justice.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Better is a little with justice, than great revenues with iniquity.
Better is a little with justice, than great revenues with iniquity.
George Lamsa Translation
Better is a little with righteousness than great ingathering acquired unjustly.
Better is a little with righteousness than great ingathering acquired unjustly.
Good News Translation
It is better to have a little, honestly earned, than to have a large income, dishonestly gained.
It is better to have a little, honestly earned, than to have a large income, dishonestly gained.
New American Standard Bible
Better is a little with righteousness Than great income with injustice.
Better is a little with righteousness Than great income with injustice.
King James Version
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Better it is to haue a litle with ryghteousnesse, then great rentes wrongfully gotten.
Better it is to haue a litle with ryghteousnesse, then great rentes wrongfully gotten.
New Revised Standard
Better is a little with righteousness than large income with injustice.
Better is a little with righteousness than large income with injustice.
Darby Translation
Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right.
Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Betere is a litil with riytfulnesse, than many fruytis with wickidnesse.
Betere is a litil with riytfulnesse, than many fruytis with wickidnesse.
Young's Literal Translation
Better [is] a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.
Better [is] a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.
World English Bible
Better is a little with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.
Better is a little with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.
Revised Standard Version
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.
Update Bible Version
Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.
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.
Better [is] a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right.
Bible in Basic English
Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.
Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Better is it to haue a litle thinge wt rightuousnes, the greate rentes wrongeously gotten.
Better is it to haue a litle thinge wt rightuousnes, the greate rentes wrongeously gotten.
THE MESSAGE
Far better to be right and poor than to be wrong and rich.
Far better to be right and poor than to be wrong and rich.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Better is a little with righteousness Than great income with injustice.
Better is a little with righteousness Than great income with injustice.
Legacy Standard Bible
Better is a little with righteousnessThan great produce with injustice.
Better is a little with righteousnessThan great produce with injustice.
Contextual Overview
8 It is better to be poor and right than to be wealthy and dishonest.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
is: Proverbs 15:16, Psalms 37:16, 1 Timothy 6:6-9
great: Proverbs 21:6, Proverbs 21:7, Jeremiah 17:11, Micah 6:10
Reciprocal: Psalms 119:141 - small Proverbs 12:27 - but Proverbs 15:6 - in the revenues Proverbs 19:1 - Better Proverbs 28:6 - General Ecclesiastes 4:6 - General
Cross-References
Genesis 3:9
But the Lord God called to the man and said, "Where are you?"
But the Lord God called to the man and said, "Where are you?"
Genesis 4:10
Then the Lord said, "What have you done? Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground.
Then the Lord said, "What have you done? Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground.
Genesis 16:1
Sarai, Abram's wife, had no children, but she had a slave girl from Egypt named Hagar.
Sarai, Abram's wife, had no children, but she had a slave girl from Egypt named Hagar.
Genesis 16:2
Sarai said to Abram, "Look, the Lord has not allowed me to have children, so have sexual relations with my slave girl. If she has a child, maybe I can have my own family through her." Abram did what Sarai said.
Sarai said to Abram, "Look, the Lord has not allowed me to have children, so have sexual relations with my slave girl. If she has a child, maybe I can have my own family through her." Abram did what Sarai said.
Genesis 16:4
Abram had sexual relations with Hagar, and she became pregnant. When Hagar learned she was pregnant, she began to treat her mistress Sarai badly.
Abram had sexual relations with Hagar, and she became pregnant. When Hagar learned she was pregnant, she began to treat her mistress Sarai badly.
Genesis 16:5
Then Sarai said to Abram, "This is your fault. I gave my slave girl to you, and when she became pregnant, she began to treat me badly. Let the Lord decide who is right—you or me."
Then Sarai said to Abram, "This is your fault. I gave my slave girl to you, and when she became pregnant, she began to treat me badly. Let the Lord decide who is right—you or me."
Genesis 16:8
The angel said, "Hagar, Sarai's slave girl, where have you come from? Where are you going?" Hagar answered, "I am running away from my mistress Sarai."
The angel said, "Hagar, Sarai's slave girl, where have you come from? Where are you going?" Hagar answered, "I am running away from my mistress Sarai."
1 Samuel 26:19
My master and king, listen to me. If the Lord made you angry with me, let him accept an offering. But if people did it, may the Lord curse them! They have made me leave the land the Lord gave me. They have told me, ‘Go and serve other gods.'
My master and king, listen to me. If the Lord made you angry with me, let him accept an offering. But if people did it, may the Lord curse them! They have made me leave the land the Lord gave me. They have told me, ‘Go and serve other gods.'
Ecclesiastes 10:4
Don't leave your job just because your boss is angry with you. Remaining calm solves great problems.
Don't leave your job just because your boss is angry with you. Remaining calm solves great problems.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Better [is] a little with righteousness,.... Gotten in a righteous way, held by a righteous claim, used in a righteous manner, attended with a life of righteousness and holiness; and also along with an interest in the righteousness of Christ, which renders acceptable unto God, yields peace and comfort, and entitles to eternal glory and happiness. A truly righteous man may have but little of this world's goods; but his small pittance is better
than great revenues without right; obtained in an unjust way; detained from the right owner of them, and used in an unrighteous manner, in a course of sin and wickedness: or, "without judgment" e; how to make use of them aright, and without a righteousness that will justify them at the day of judgment; :-. A little the true church of Christ enjoys in the wilderness; having Christ and his grace, Christ and his righteousness, is better than all the revenues of the church of Rome gotten by the unlawful methods they are; and which, in one hour will come to nought, Revelation 18:17.
e בלא משפט "absque judicio", Pagninus, Montanus.
