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Proverbs 16:8
Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.
Proverbs 16:8 · Bible in Basic English
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Proverbs 16:8 in other translations
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.
Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.
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In context
5 Everyone who has pride in his heart is disgusting to the Lord: he will certainly not go free from punishment.
6 By mercy and good faith evil-doing is taken away: and by the fear of the Lord men are turned away from evil.
7 When a man's ways are pleasing to the Lord, he makes even his haters be at peace with him.
8 Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.
9 A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.
10 Decision is in the lips of the king: his mouth will not go wrong in judging.
11 True measures and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work.
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