(A)Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity,
Than a person who is [a]crooked, though he is rich.
He who keeps the Law is a discerning son,
But he who is a companion of (B)gluttons humiliates his father.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:6 Lit perverse of two ways

Better the poor whose walk is blameless
    than the rich whose ways are perverse.(A)

A discerning son heeds instruction,
    but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.(B)

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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.

Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

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