Proverbs 16:8

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Better to have a little with righteousness than to have abundant income without justice.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 37:16 : 16 The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,
  • Prov 15:16 : 16 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great wealth and turmoil with it.
  • Mic 6:10 : 10 “I will not overlook, O sinful house, the dishonest gain you have hoarded away, or the smaller-than-standard measure I hate so much.
  • 1 Tim 6:6-9 : 6 Now godliness combined with contentment brings great profit. 7 For we have brought nothing into this world and so we cannot take a single thing out either. 8 But if we have food and shelter, we will be satisfied with that. 9 Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
  • Jer 17:11 : 11 The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool.”
  • Prov 21:6-7 : 6 Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death. 7 The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 37:16
    87%

    16The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,

  • Prov 15:16-17
    2 verses
    84%

    16Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great wealth and turmoil with it.

    17Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox where there is hatred.

  • Prov 28:6
    78%

    6A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.

  • Prov 15:6
    75%

    6In the house of the righteous is abundant wealth, but the income of the wicked will be ruined.

  • Prov 11:4-5
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    74%

    4Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

    5The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness.

  • Prov 16:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9A person plans his course, but the LORD directs his steps.

    10The divine verdict is in the words of the king, his pronouncements must not act treacherously against justice.

  • Prov 8:18-20
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    74%

    18Riches and honor are with me, long-lasting wealth and righteousness.

    19My fruit is better than the purest gold, and my harvest is better than choice silver.

    20I walk in the path of righteousness, in the pathway of justice,

  • Prov 19:1
    73%

    1Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.

  • Luke 16:10
    73%

    10“The one who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and the one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

  • Prov 16:16
    73%

    16How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.

  • Prov 17:1
    73%

    1Better is a dry crust of bread where there is quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.

  • Prov 22:1
    73%

    1A good name is to be chosen rather than great wealth, good favor more than silver or gold.

  • Eccl 4:6
    72%

    6Better is one handful with some rest than two hands full of toil and chasing the wind.

  • Prov 13:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

    7There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth.

  • Prov 2:9
    72%

    9Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity– every good way.

  • Prov 22:16
    72%

    16The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.

  • Prov 10:2
    72%

    2Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Prov 16:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19It is better to be lowly in spirit with the afflicted than to share the spoils with the proud.

    20The one who deals wisely in a matter will find success, and blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD.

  • Prov 10:16
    72%

    16The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment.

  • Prov 13:22-23
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    71%

    22A good person leaves an inheritance for his grandchildren, but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.

    23Abundant food may come from the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.

  • Prov 21:21
    71%

    21The one who pursues righteousness and love finds life, bounty, and honor.

  • Prov 11:31
    71%

    31If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!

  • Prov 21:3
    71%

    3To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

  • Prov 12:28
    71%

    28In the path of righteousness there is life, but another path leads to death.

  • Prov 16:7
    71%

    7When a person’s ways are pleasing to the LORD, he even reconciles his enemies to himself.

  • Prov 11:18
    71%

    18The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

  • Prov 10:20
    71%

    20What the righteous say is like the best silver, but what the wicked think is of little value.

  • Isa 3:10
    71%

    10Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.

  • Prov 11:1
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    1The LORD abhors dishonest scales, but an accurate weight is his delight.

  • Prov 11:23
    71%

    23The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

  • Prov 13:11
    70%

    11Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.

  • Prov 16:12
    70%

    12Doing wickedness is an abomination to kings, because a throne is established in righteousness.

  • Prov 17:26
    70%

    26It is terrible to punish a righteous person, and to flog honorable men is wrong.

  • Prov 28:21
    70%

    21To show partiality is terrible, for a person will transgress over the smallest piece of bread.

  • Job 35:8
    70%

    8Your wickedness affects only a person like yourself, and your righteousness only other people.

  • Prov 13:15
    70%

    15Keen insight wins favor, but the conduct of the treacherous ends in destruction.

  • Prov 12:14
    70%

    14A person will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words, and the work of his hands will be rendered to him.

  • Jer 22:16
    70%

    16He upheld the cause of the poor and needy. So things went well for Judah.’ The LORD says,‘That is a good example of what it means to know me.’

  • Prov 14:34
    70%

    34Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.

  • Ps 118:8
    70%

    8It is better to take shelter in the LORD than to trust in people.

  • Prov 16:25
    70%

    25There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

  • Prov 21:15
    70%

    15Doing justice brings joy to the righteous and terror to those who do evil.