Proverbs 16:8 - Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Better is a little with justice, than many fruits with iniquity.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Better is a little with righteousness Than great revenues without right.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Better is a little with righteousness (uprightness in every area and relation and right standing with God) than great revenues with injustice. [Ps. 37:16; Prov. 15:16.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.

Common English Bible

⁸ Better a little with righteousness than great profits without justice.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ Better is a little with justice, than great revenues with iniquity.

Proverbs 16:8 Cross References

Psalm 37:16

For in you, Lord, I have hoped. You will listen to me, O Lord my God.

Proverbs 15:16

Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures and dissatisfaction.

Proverbs 15:17

It is better to be called to vegetables with charity, than to a fatted calf with hatred.

Proverbs 16:7

When the ways of man will please the Lord, he will convert even his enemies to peace.

Proverbs 16:9

The heart of man disposes his way. But it is for Lord to direct his steps.

Proverbs 17:1

A dry morsel with gladness is better than a house full of sacrifices along with conflict.

Proverbs 28:6

Better is the pauper walking in his simplicity, than the rich walking in ways of depravity.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

"A handful with rest is better than both hands filled with labors and with affliction of the soul."

Jeremiah 17:11

A partridge has hatched eggs that she did not lay; a man has gathered riches, but without judgment. In the midst of his days, he will leave it all behind, and he will be foolish concerning his very end."

Micah 6:10

Nevertheless, there is a fire in the house of the impious, the treasury of iniquity, and a small measure, filled with wrath.