A moment in scripture
Proverbs 28:6
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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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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 28:4
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
- Proverbs 28:5
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the Lord understand all things.
- Proverbs 28:7
Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
- Proverbs 28:8
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.