8 Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 16:8
The LORD Weighs the Heart: Sovereignty, Humility, Justice, and the Wise Path
The chapter moves from the LORD's sovereignty over plans and motives, to justice in royal rule, to the superiority of wisdom and humility, to gracious speech and the warning against self-deceived paths, to destructive speech and violent companionship, and finally to patience, self-control, and the LORD's final governance.
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Verse 8
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Better טוֹב־ H2896 Adjective - masculine singular a little מְ֭עַט H4592 Adjective - masculine singular with righteousness בִּצְדָקָ֑ה H6666 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular than great מֵרֹ֥ב H7230 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct gain תְּ֝בוּא֗וֹת H8393 Noun - feminine plural with injustice בְּלֹ֣א H3808 Preposition-b | Adverb - Negative particle . . . מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ H4639 Noun - masculine singular