Proverbs 16:8

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Better is a little with righteousness than large income with injustice.

Cross References

Proverbs 15:16

Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble with it.

Psalm 37:16

Better is a little that the righteous person has than the abundance of many wicked.

Jeremiah 17:11

Like the partridge hatching what it did not lay, so are all who amass wealth unjustly; in mid-life it will leave them, and at their end they will prove to be fools.

Micah 6:10

Can I forget the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is accursed?

Proverbs 16:7

When the ways of people please the Lord, he causes even their enemies to be at peace with them.

Proverbs 16:9

The human mind plans the way, but the Lord directs the steps.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better is a handful with quiet than two handfuls with toil, and a chasing after wind.

Proverbs 15:17

Better is a dinner of vegetables where love is than a fatted ox and hatred with it.

Proverbs 17:1

Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.

Proverbs 28:6

Better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be crooked in one's ways even though rich.