Proverbs 16:8

New Century Version

It is better to be poor and right than to be wealthy and dishonest.

Cross References

Psalm 37:16

It is better to have little and be right than to have much and be wrong.

Proverbs 15:16

It is better to be poor and respect the Lord than to be wealthy and have much trouble.

Proverbs 15:17

It is better to eat vegetables with those who love you than to eat meat with those who hate you.

Proverbs 16:7

When people live so that they please the Lord, even their enemies will make peace with them.

Proverbs 16:9

People may make plans in their minds, but the Lord decides what they will do.

Proverbs 17:1

It is better to eat a dry crust of bread in peace than to have a feast where there is quarreling.

Proverbs 28:6

It is better to be poor and innocent than to be rich and wicked.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Maybe so, but I say it is better to be content with what little you have. Otherwise, you will always be struggling for more, and that is like chasing the wind.

Jeremiah 17:11

Like a bird hatching an egg it did not lay, so are the people who get rich by cheating. When their lives are half finished, they will lose their riches. At the end of their lives, it will be clear they were fools.

Micah 6:10

Are there still in the wicked house wicked treasures and the cursed false measure?