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Proverbs 16:8–9
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Proverbs 16:8
8Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
8*Better is a little with righteousnesse, then great reuenewes without right.
- Psal. 37.16. chap. 15.16.
Proverbs 16:9
9A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.
9†A mans heart deuiseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 16:8
More excellent, more fitting, or to a greater degree.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
righteousness
The state or character of being righteous; justice, uprightness, or conformity to what is right.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Income, proceeds, return, or yield received from property, taxation, trade, or produce.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Outside; not within; lacking; free from; or in the absence of.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Straight, correct, just, proper, or belonging to a lawful claim; also the opposite of left.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 16:9
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The bodily organ; more often in Scripture, the inward person—the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character—according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Devises; plans, contrives, or purposes in the mind.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Directs: guides, orders, governs, or points in the right course.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Movements or paces of the feet; footsteps, courses, degrees, or stages in going.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 8
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Open the full verse study16Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.
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Open the full verse study16A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
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Open the full verse study6But godliness with contentment is great gain.
7For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
8And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
9But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
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Open the full verse study11As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
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Open the full verse study6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
7The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
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Open the full verse study10¶ Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
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Open the full verse study21There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.
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Open the full verse study23The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.
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Open the full verse study1THE preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.
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Open the full verse study24Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?
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Open the full verse study23¶ O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
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Open the full verse study30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.
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Open the full verse study10Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
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