Bible verse
Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.
Proverbs 28:6 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 28.
2 A land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.
3 A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
4 Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.
5 Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD comprehend fully.
6 Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.
7 A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.
8 He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
9 Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.
10 He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.
KJV
Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [be] rich.
ASV
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
ERV
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
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