Proverbs 16:8 Cross References - Coverdale

⁸ Better is it to haue a litle thinge wt rightuousnes, the greate rentes wrongeously gotten.

¹⁶ A small thinge yt the rightuous hath, is better then greate riches of the vngodly.

¹⁶ Better is a litle with the feare of the LORDE then greate treasure, for they are not without sorowe.

⁶ Who so hoordeth vp riches wt ye disceatfulnes of his tonge, he is a foole, & like vnto them that seke their owne death. ⁷ The robberies of the vngodly shalbe their owne destruccion, for they wolde not do the thynge that was right.

¹¹ The disceatfull maketh a nest, but bringeth forth no yonge: He commeth by riches, but not rightuously. In the myddest off his life must he leaue them behinde him, and at the last be founde a very foole.

¹⁰ Shulde I not be displeased, for the vnrightuous good in the houses of the wicked, and because the measure is minished?

⁶ Howbeit it is greate avautage, who so is godly, and holdeth him content with that he hath. ⁷ For we broughte nothinge in to the worlde, therfore is it a playne case yt we can cary nothinge out. ⁸ Whan we haue fode and rayment, let vs therwith be content. ⁹ For they that wylbe riche, fall in to the teptacion and snare, and in to many folisshe & noysome lustes, which drowne men in destruccion and damnacion.