“Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.”
Proverbs 28:6 (KJV) |
Proverbs 28:6
From Proverbs 28, in the Book of Proverbs (Old Testament).
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They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
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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.