Proverbs 28:6
Good News Translation
Better to be poor and honest than rich and dishonest.

New Revised Standard Version
Better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be crooked in one’s ways even though rich.

Contemporary English Version
It's better to be poor and live right, than to be rich and dishonest.

New American Bible
Better to be poor and walk in integrity than rich and crooked in one’s ways.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Better is the poor man walking in his simplicity, than the rich in crooked ways.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Better is the poor man walking in his simplicity, than the rich in crooked ways.

Proverbs 28:18 He that walketh uprightly, shall be saved: he that is perverse in his ways, shall fall at once.

Proverbs 16:8 Better is a little with justice, than great revenues with iniquity.

Proverbs 19:1,22 Better is the poor man, that walketh in his simplicity, than a rich man that is perverse in his lips and unwise. . . .

Luke 16:19-29 There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and feasted sumptuously every day. . . .

Acts 24:24-27 And after some days, Felix, coming with Drusilla his wife, who was a Jew, sent for Paul and heard of him the faith that is in Christ Jesus. . . .

Context
The Boldness of the Righteous
5Evil men think not on judgment: but they that seek after the Lord, take notice of all things. 6Better is the poor man walking in his simplicity, than the rich in crooked ways.7He that keepeth the law, is a wise son: but he that feedeth gluttons, shameth his father.…
Cross References
Proverbs 14:2
He that walketh in the right way, and feareth God, is despised by him that goeth by an infamous way.

Proverbs 19:1
Better is the poor man, that walketh in his simplicity, than a rich man that is perverse in his lips and unwise.

Proverbs 28:5
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