Proverbs 19:1
New International Version
19 Better the poor whose walk is blameless
than a fool whose lips are perverse.(A)
Proverbs 19:1
King James Version
19 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
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Proverbs 28:6
New International Version
6 Better the poor whose walk is blameless
than the rich whose ways are perverse.(A)
Proverbs 28:6
King James Version
6 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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Proverbs 16:8
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Proverbs 16:8
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8 Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
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James 2:5-6
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5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters:(A) Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world(B) to be rich in faith(C) and to inherit the kingdom(D) he promised those who love him?(E) 6 But you have dishonored the poor.(F) Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?(G)
James 2:5-6
King James Version
5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
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Matthew 16:26
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26 What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?
Matthew 16:26
King James Version
26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
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Proverbs 20:7
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Proverbs 20:7
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7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
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Proverbs 19:22
New International Version
22 What a person desires is unfailing love[a];
better to be poor than a liar.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:22 Or Greed is a person’s shame
Proverbs 19:22
King James Version
22 The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
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Proverbs 15:16
New International Version
16 Better a little with the fear of the Lord
than great wealth with turmoil.(A)
Proverbs 15:16
King James Version
16 Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.
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Proverbs 14:2
New International Version
2 Whoever fears the Lord walks uprightly,
but those who despise him are devious in their ways.
Proverbs 14:2
King James Version
2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
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Isaiah 59:3
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Isaiah 59:3
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3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
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Proverbs 12:26
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26 The righteous choose their friends carefully,
but the way of the wicked leads them astray.(A)
Proverbs 12:26
King James Version
26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
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Psalm 37:26
New International Version
Footnotes
- Psalm 37:26 Or freely; / the names of their children will be used in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or freely; / others will see that their children are blessed
Psalm 37:26
King James Version
26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
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Psalm 26:11
New International Version
11 I lead a blameless life;
deliver me(A) and be merciful to me.
Psalm 26:11
King James Version
11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
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