Proverbs 16:8

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Better is it to haue a litle thinge wt rightuousnes, the greate rentes wrongeously gotten.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 37:16 : 16 A small thinge yt the rightuous hath, is better then greate riches of the vngodly.
  • Prov 15:16 : 16 Better is a litle with the feare of the LORDE then greate treasure, for they are not without sorowe.
  • Mic 6:10 : 10 Shulde I not be displeased, for the vnrightuous good in the houses of the wicked, and because the measure is minished?
  • 1 Tim 6:6-9 : 6 Howbeit it is greate avautage, who so is godly, and holdeth him content with that he hath. 7 For we broughte nothinge in to the worlde, therfore is it a playne case yt we can cary nothinge out. 8 Whan we haue fode and rayment, let vs therwith be content. 9 For they that wylbe riche, fall in to the teptacion and snare, and in to many folisshe & noysome lustes, which drowne men in destruccion and damnacion.
  • Jer 17:11 : 11 The disceatfull maketh a nest, but bringeth forth no yonge: He commeth by riches, but not rightuously. In the myddest off his life must he leaue them behinde him, and at the last be founde a very foole.
  • Prov 21:6-7 : 6 Who so hoordeth vp riches wt ye disceatfulnes of his tonge, he is a foole, & like vnto them that seke their owne death. 7 The robberies of the vngodly shalbe their owne destruccion, for they wolde not do the thynge that was right.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 37:16
    87%

    16 A small thinge yt the rightuous hath, is better then greate riches of the vngodly.

  • Prov 15:16-17
    2 verses
    84%

    16 Better is a litle with the feare of the LORDE then greate treasure, for they are not without sorowe.

    17 Better is a meace of potage with loue, then a fat oxe wt euell will.

  • Prov 28:6
    78%

    6 A poore man ledynge a godly life, is better then the riche that goeth in frowarde wayes.

  • Prov 15:6
    75%

    6 In the house of the rightuous are greate riches, but in the increase of the vngodly there is mysordre.

  • Prov 11:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4 Riches helpe not in the daye of vengeaunce, but rightuousnesse delyuereth fro death.

    5 The rightuousnes of ye innocent ordreth his waye, but the vngodly shal fall in his owne wickednesse.

  • Prov 16:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9 A ma deuyseth a waye in his herte, but it is ye LORDE yt ordreth his goinges.

    10 When ye prophecy is in ye lippes of ye kynge, his mouth shal not go wroge in iudgment.

  • Prov 8:18-20
    3 verses
    74%

    18 Riches & honoure are wt me, yee excellent goodes & rightuousnes.

    19 My frute is better the golde & precious stone, & myne encrease more worth then fyne syluer.

    20 I walke in ye waye of rightuousnes, & in the strete of iudgment.

  • Prov 19:1
    73%

    1 Better is the poore that lyueth godly, the the blasphemer that is but a foole.

  • Luke 16:10
    73%

    10 He that is faithfull in the least, is faithfull also in moch: and he that is vnrighteous in the least, is vnrighteous also in moch.

  • Prov 16:16
    73%

    16 To haue wy?dome in possession is better then golde, and to get vnderstondynge, is more worth then syluer.

  • Prov 17:1
    73%

    1 Better is a drye morsell wt quyetnesse, the a full house and many fatt catell wt stryfe.

  • Prov 22:1
    73%

    1 A good name is more worth then greate riches, and louynge fauor is better then syluer and golde.

  • Eccl 4:6
    72%

    6 One handfull (saieth he) is better wt rest, the both ye handes full with labor and trauayle.

  • Prov 13:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6 Righteousnesse kepeth the innocet in the waye, but vngodlynesse shal ouerthrowe the synner.

    7 Some men are riche, though they haue nothinge: agayne, some me are poore hauynge greate riches.

  • Prov 2:9
    72%

    9 Then shalt thou vnderstonde rightuousnesse, iudgment and equite, yee and euery good path.

  • Prov 22:16
    72%

    16 Who so doth a poore man wronge to increase his owne riches, geueth (comoly) vnto the rich, and at the last commeth to pouerte himself.

  • Prov 10:2
    72%

    2 Treasures that are wickedly gotten, profit nothinge, but rightuousnesse delyuereth from death.

  • Prov 16:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19 Better it is to be of humble mynde wt the lowly, then to deuyde ye spoyles wt ye proude.

    20 He yt handleth a matter wysely, opteyneth good: & blessed is he, yt putteth his trust in ye LORDE.

  • Prov 10:16
    72%

    16 The rightuous laboureth to do good, but the vngodly vseth his increase vnto synne.

  • Prov 13:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22 Which their childers childre shal haue in possessio, for the riches of the synner is layed vp for ye iust.

    23 There is plenteousnesse of fode in the feldes of the poore, & shalbe increased out of measure.

  • Prov 21:21
    71%

    21 Who so foloweth rightuousnesse and mercy, fyndeth both life, rightuousnesse and honor.

  • Prov 11:31
    71%

    31 Yf ye rightuous be recopesed vpo earth how moch more the the vngodly & ye synner?

  • Prov 21:3
    71%

    3 To do rightuousnesse and iudgmet is more acceptable to the LORDE the sacrifice.

  • Prov 12:28
    71%

    28 In the waye of righteousnesse there is life, as for eny other waye, it is the path vnto death.

  • Prov 16:7
    71%

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

  • Prov 11:18
    71%

    18 The laboure of the vngodly prospereth not, but he that soweth rightuosnes, shal receaue a sure rewarde.

  • Prov 10:20
    71%

    20 An innocent tonge is a noble treasure, but the herte of the vngodly is nothinge worth.

  • Isa 3:10
    71%

    10 Then shal they saye: O happie are the godly, for they maye enioye the frutes of their studies.

  • Prov 11:1
    71%

    1 A false balaunce is an abhominacion vnto the LORDE, but a true weight pleaseth him.

  • Prov 11:23
    71%

    23 The iust laboure for peace and traquylite, but the vngodly for disquyetnesse.

  • Prov 13:11
    70%

    11 Hastely gotte goodes are soone spent, but they that be gathered together with the hande, shal increase.

  • Prov 16:12
    70%

    12 It is a greate abhominacio when kynges are wycked, for a kynges seate shulde be holden vp wt righteousnesse.

  • Prov 17:26
    70%

    26 To punysh ye innocent, and to smyte ye prynces yt geue true iudgmet, are both euell.

  • Prov 28:21
    70%

    21 To haue respecte of personnes in iudgment is not good: And why? he will do wronge, yee euen for a pece of bred.

  • Job 35:8
    70%

    8 Of soch an vngodly personne as thou, & of ye sonne of man that is rightuous as thou pretendest to be:

  • Prov 13:15
    70%

    15 Good vnderstondinge geueth fauoure, but harde is the waye of the despysers.

  • Prov 12:14
    70%

    14 Euery man shal enioye good acordinge to the innocency of his mouth, and after the workes of his hades shal he be rewarded.

  • Jer 22:16
    70%

    16 Yee when he helped ye oppressed and poore to their right, then prospered he well. From whence came this, but only because he had me before his eyes? saieth the LORDE.

  • Prov 14:34
    70%

    34 Rightuousnes setteth vp the people, but wyckednesse bryngeth folke to destruccion.

  • Ps 118:8
    70%

    8 It is better to trust in the LORDE, then to put eny confidence in man.

  • Prov 16:25
    70%

    25 There is a waye yt men thinke to be right, but the ende therof leadeth vnto death.

  • Prov 21:15
    70%

    15 The iust delyteth in doynge the thynge that is right, but the workers of wickednesse abhorre the same.