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Selected Verse: Proverbs 16:8 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 16:8 |
King James |
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| (Compare Pro 15:6, Pro 15:16-17). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
Five proverbs of the king, together with three of righteousness in action and conduct:
8 Better is a little with righteousness,
Than rich revenues with unrighteousness.
The cogn. proverb Pro 15:16 commences similarly. Of רב תּבוּאות, multitude or greatness of income, vid., Pro 14:4 : "unrighteous wealth profits not." The possessor of it is not truly happy, for sin cleaves to it, which troubles the heart (conscience), and because the enjoyment which it affords is troubled by the curses of those who are injured, and by the sighs of the oppressed. Above all other gains rises ἡ εὐσέβεια μετ ̓ αὐταρκείας (Ti1 6:6). |
16 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
16 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.