Proverbs 16:8
6 By loving devotion and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns aside from evil.
7 When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him.
Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.
9 A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
10 A divine verdict is on the lips of a king; his mouth must not betray justice.
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Bedre er lite med rettferdighet enn stor vinning med urett.
- OTB
- Bedre litt med rettferdighet enn stor vinning med urett.
- B1930
- Bedre er lite med rettferdighet enn stor vinning med urett.
- BSB
- Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.
- KJV
- Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
- WEB
- Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.
- ASV
- Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.
- DARBY
- Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right.
- BLB
- Better [is] a little with righteousness than an abundance of increase without justice.
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Kryssreferanser
Proverbs 15:16
Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.
Les i sammenhengPsalms 37:16
Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.
Les i sammenheng1 Timothy 6:6–9
Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.
Les i sammenhengJeremiah 17:11
Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”
Les i sammenhengProverbs 21:6–7
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
Les i sammenhengMicah 6:10
Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?
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