Proverbs 28:6
Better the poor whose walk is blameless than the rich whose ways are perverse.
In context
3 A ruler who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no crops. 4 Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked, but those who heed it resist them.
5 Evildoers do not understand what is right, but those who seek the Lord understand it fully. 6 Better the poor whose walk is blameless than the rich whose ways are perverse. 7 A discerning son heeds instruction, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father. 8 Whoever increases wealth by taking interest or profit from the poor amasses it for another, who will be kind to the poor.
9 If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction, even their prayers are detestable.
Compare in other versions
- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 28:6 in the KJV
Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, Than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 28:6 in the ESV
Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is crooked in his ways.