Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.”
- Date
- 1611
- English wording
- King James Version translation committees · from Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic / Koine Greek
Meaning of “Better is a little with righteousness than great…”
The proverb ranks ethical conduct above larger income, treating the means by which wealth is obtained as more important than the amount.
Where does it come from?
Proverbs 16:8 in the King James Version.
