19 Better to be poor and honest
    than to be dishonest and a fool.

⁶ Better to be poor and honest
    than to be dishonest and rich.

⁸ Better to have little, with godliness,
    than to be rich and dishonest.

⁷ The godly walk with integrity;
    blessed are their children who follow them.

²² Loyalty makes a person attractive.
    It is better to be poor than dishonest.

¹⁶ Better to have little, with fear for the Lord,
    than to have great treasure and inner turmoil.

² Those who follow the right path fear the Lord;
    those who take the wrong path despise him.