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Better is little with righteousness
    than great income with no justice.

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Better a little with righteousness
than great income with injustice.(A)

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17 The highway of the upright, it turns from evil,
    he who guards himself[a] keeps his way.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:17 Or “soul,” or “inner self”

17 The highway of the upright(A) avoids evil;
the one who guards his way protects his life.(B)

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31 A crown of glory is gray hair;
    by a righteous life it is gained.

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31 Gray hair is a glorious crown;(A)
it is found in the ways of righteousness.(B)

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