King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 28:6
“Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [be] rich.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 28
4
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
5
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all [things].
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Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [be] rich.
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Whoso keepeth the law [is] a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous [men] shameth his father.
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He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.