“ Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. ”
Proverbs 16. The special feature is a group of aphorisms ( Proverbs 16:10-15 ) relating to kings. The sentiments seem rather to reflect the picture of the ideal king than to indicate any particular...
Better. See note on Proverbs 8:11 .
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right - ( Proverbs 15:16 .) "Better:" for the tranq...
1-9. God's control of human life.
CHAPTER 17 A JUST BALANCE "A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are His work."- Proverbs 16:11 "A false balance is an abomination to the Lord: but a just weight...
Verse Proverbs 16:1 . A somewhat obscure proverb which recognizes that man has to exercise his own reason in making his plans, but that he is dependent on the Lord for the answer of the tongue. Dr....
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 tran...
Better [is] a little with righteousness ,.... Gotten in a righteous way, held by a righteous claim, used in a righteous manner, attended with a life of righteousness and holiness; and also along wit...
Better [is] a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. Ver. 8. Better is a little with righteousness, &c. ] A small stock well gotten is more comfortably enjoyed and bequea...
Better is a little , &c. A small estate, honestly gotten and usefully employed, is much to be preferred before vast incomes, gathered by oppression, and kept without the exercise of mercy and ch...
8 Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. Here, 1. It is supposed that an honest good man may have but a little of the wealth of this world (all th...
This was in effect said before, Proverbs 15:16 , and is here repeated, partly because of the great importance and usefulness of this truth, and partly because men are very hardly brought to a seri...
YHWH Is Concerned About Injustice Whether At The Hands Of The King Or Of Men ( Proverbs 16:8-12 ). In this subsection men are urged to act justly and rightly in their business dealings, and kings...
MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 16:7 PLEASING GOD I. There are times when men’s ways do not please the Lord . The ways of the ungodly do not at any time please the Lord . Because they have no sym...
Proverbs 16:1 . The preparations of the heart in man. As the field must be plowed, and the soil prepared for the seeds, so the heart of man must be prepared for grace. Afflictions in Egypt dispose...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 16:1-20 These are specially religions maxims, and they all contain the name Jehovah. Proverbs 16:1 The Authorized Version makes one sentence of this verse without...
v. 8. Better is a little with righteousness, small possessions gained and kept with a good conscience, than great revenues, a large income and great wealth, without right, having been gained by...
1 Timothy 6:6-9 ; Jeremiah 17:11 ; Micah 6:10 ; Proverbs 15:16 ; Proverbs 21:6 ; Proverbs 21:7 ; Psalms 37:16