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Proverbs 28:6

IntegrityPoverty and the vulnerableMoney and wealth

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.

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.

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BSB
Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.
KJV
Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
WEB
Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.
ASV
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in [his] ways, though he be rich.
DARBY
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse, double in ways, though he be rich.
BLB
Better one being poor walking in his integrity, than one crooked in [his] ways, and he [is] rich.
ÅB
Bedre er en fattig som vandrer i ustraffelighet, enn en falsk som vandrer på to veier, selv om han er rik.
OTB
Bedre er den fattige som vandrer i integritet enn den rike hvis veier er krokete.
B1930
Bedre er en fattig som vandrer i ustraffelighet, enn en falsk som vandrer på to veier, selv om han er rik.

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