King James Version
Proverbs 16:8 in the King James Version says “Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.”
Proverbs 16:8 · KJV
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment. A divine: Heb. Divination
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Better”
H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
“with righteousness”
H6666rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“without right”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
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