A small estate, honestly come by, will turn to better account than a great estate ill-gotten.
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Proverbs 16:8
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commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 16:1-33EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 16:4-9The administration of rewards and punishments I. THE MORAL DESIGNS OF GOD. (Proverbs 16:4.) The creation is teleological; it has a beginning, a process, and an end in view, all determined by the will and wisdom of God.…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 16:8Here, 1. It is supposed that an honest good man may have but a little of the wealth of this world (all the righteous are not rich),—that a man may have but little, and yet may be honest (though poverty is a temptation t…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 16:8Better is a little with righteousness (Proverbs 15:16; Psalms 37:16). "Righteousness" may mean here a holy life or just dealing; as without right, or, with injustice, in the second clause, may refer either generally wic…Joseph S. Exell and contributors