Proverbs 16:8

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Better it is to haue a litle with ryghteousnesse, then great rentes wrongfully gotten.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 37:16 : 16 A small thing that the righteous hath: is better then great riches of ye vngodly.
  • Prov 15:16 : 16 Better is a litle with the feare of the Lorde: then great treasure, and trouble therwith.
  • Mic 6:10 : 10 Are not yet the treasures of wickednesse in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure which is abhominable?
  • 1 Tim 6:6-9 : 6 Godlynesse is great lucre, if a man be content with that he hath. 7 For we brought nothyng into the worlde, and it is certayne that we may carry nought away. 8 But hauyng foode and rayment, we must therwith be content. 9 For they that wyll be riche, fall into temptations and snares, and into many folishe & noysome lustes, which drowne men in perdition and destruction.
  • Jer 17:11 : 11 The partrich maketh a nest of egges, which she layed not: he commeth by riches, but not righteously, in the middest of his life must he leane them behynde hym, & at the last be founde a very foole.
  • Prov 21:6-7 : 6 To hoorde vp riches with a deceiptfull tongue, is vanitie tossed to and fro of them that seeke death. 7 The robberies of the vngodly shalbe their owne destruction: for they wyll not do the thing that is right.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 37:16
    87%

    16A small thing that the righteous hath: is better then great riches of ye vngodly.

  • Prov 15:16-17
    2 verses
    84%

    16Better is a litle with the feare of the Lorde: then great treasure, and trouble therwith.

    17Better is a dynner of hearbes with loue, then a fat oxe with euyll wyll.

  • Prov 28:6
    78%

    6Better is he that walketh in his vprightnes: then he that peruerteth his wayes, and is riche.

  • Prov 15:6
    75%

    6The house of the ryghteous is full of riches: but in the fruites of the vngodly there is trouble.

  • Prov 11:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4Riches helpe not in the day of vengeaunce: but ryghteousnesse deliuereth from death.

    5The ryghteousnesse of the innocent ordereth his way: but the vngodly shall fall in his owne wickednesse.

  • Prov 16:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9A man deuiseth a way in his heart: but it is the Lorde that ordereth his goynges.

    10When the prophecie is in the lippes of the kyng, his mouth shall not go wrong in iudgement.

  • Prov 8:18-20
    3 verses
    74%

    18Riches and honour are with me, yea durable riches and righteousnes.

    19My fruite is better then golde and pretious stones, and mine encrease more worth then fine siluer.

    20I wyll guyde thee in the way of righteousnes, and in the midst of the pathes of iudgement:

  • Prov 19:1
    73%

    1Better is the poore that liueth godly, then he that abuseth his lippes, and is a foole.

  • Luke 16:10
    73%

    10He that is faythfull in that which is least, is faythfull also in much. And he that is vnrighteous in the least, is vnrighteous also in much.

  • Prov 16:16
    73%

    16To haue wisdome in possession, is better then to haue golde: and to get vnderstandyng, is rather to be chosen then to haue siluer.

  • Prov 17:1
    73%

    1Better is a drye morsell with quietnesse, then a house full of fat offeryng with strife.

  • Prov 22:1
    73%

    1A good name is more to be desired then great riches: and louing fauour is better then siluer and golde.

  • Eccl 4:6
    72%

    6One handfull saith he is better with rest, then both the handes full with labour and trauayle of mynde.

  • Prov 13:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6Ryghteousnesse kepeth the innocent in the way: but vngodlinesse doth ouerthrowe the sinner.

    7Some men make them selues riche though they haue nothyng: agayne, some make them selues poore hauyng great riches.

  • Prov 2:9
    72%

    9Then shalt thou vnderstande righteousnesse, and iudgement, and equitie, yea and euery good path.

  • Prov 22:16
    72%

    16Who so doth a poore man wrong, to increase his owne riches and geueth vnto the ryche, at the last commeth to pouertie hym selfe.

  • Prov 10:2
    72%

    2Treasures that are wickedly gotten, profite nothing: but righteousnesse deliuereth from death.

  • Prov 16:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19Better it is to be of humble mynde with the lowly, the to deuide the spoyles with the proude.

    20He that handleth a matter wisely obteyneth good: and blessed is he that putteth his trust in the Lorde.

  • Prov 10:16
    72%

    16The labour of the righteous tendeth to lyfe: but the fruites of the vngodly, to sinne.

  • Prov 13:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22He that is vertuous leaueth an heritaunce vnto his childers children, & the riches of ye sinner is layde vp for the iust.

    23There is plenteousnesse of foode in the fieldes of the poore: but the fielde not well ordered, is without fruite.

  • Prov 21:21
    71%

    21Who so foloweth righteousnesse and mercy, findeth both life, righteousnesse, and honour.

  • Prov 11:31
    71%

    31If the ryghteous be recompensed vpon earth: howe much more then the vngodly and the sinner?

  • Prov 21:3
    71%

    3To do righteousnes and iudgement, is more acceptable to the Lorde then sacrifice.

  • Prov 12:28
    71%

    28In the way of ryghteousnesse there is life: & in the same way there is no death.

  • Prov 16:7
    71%

    7When a mans wayes please the Lord, he maketh his very enemies to be his frendes.

  • Prov 11:18
    71%

    18The vngodly worketh deceiptfull workes: but he that soweth righteousnesse shall receaue a sure rewarde.

  • Prov 10:20
    71%

    20The tongue of the iust man is as tried siluer: but the heart of the vngodly is a thyng of naught.

  • Isa 3:10
    71%

    10Say to the ryghteous that it shall go well with them: for they shall eate the fruite of their owne studies.

  • Prov 11:1
    71%

    1A false ballaunce is an abomination vnto the Lorde: but a true wayght pleaseth him.

  • Prov 11:23
    71%

    23The desire of the ryghteous is acceptable: but the hope of the vngodly is indignation.

  • Prov 13:11
    70%

    11Uaynly gotten goodes are soone spent: but they that be gathered together with the hande, shall encrease.

  • Prov 16:12
    70%

    12Wicked doers are an abhomination to the kyng, for a kynges seate shoulde be holden vp with ryghteousnesse.

  • Prov 17:26
    70%

    26Certaynely to condempne the iust is not good: nor to strike the gouernours whiche iudge rightly.

  • Prov 28:21
    70%

    21To haue respect of persons in iudgement is not good, for that man wyll do wrong, yea euen for a peece of bread.

  • Job 35:8
    70%

    8Thy wickednesse may hurt a man as thou art, and thy righteousnesse may profite the sonne of man.

  • Prov 13:15
    70%

    15Good vnderstandyng geueth fauour: but harde is the way of the dispisers.

  • Prov 12:14
    70%

    14Man shalbe satisfied with good thinges: by the fruite of his mouth, and after the workes of his handes shall he be rewarded.

  • Jer 22:16
    70%

    16Yea, when he helped the oppressed and poore to their right, then prospered he well: From whence came this, but onlye because he knewe me, saith the Lorde?

  • Prov 14:34
    70%

    34Righteousnesse setteth vp the people: but the sacrifice of the heathen is sinnefull.

  • Ps 118:8
    70%

    8It is better to trust in God: then to put any confidence in man.

  • Prov 16:25
    70%

    25There is a way that men thynke to be ryght: but the ende therof leadeth vnto death.

  • Prov 21:15
    70%

    15The iust delighteth in doing the thing that is right: but destruction shalbe to the workers of wickednesse.