Proverbs 19:1
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19 Better the poor walking in integrity
than one perverse of speech who is a fool.(A)
Proverbs 28:6
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6 Better to be poor and walk in integrity
than to be crooked in one’s ways even though rich.(A)
Proverbs 16:8
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8 Better is a little with righteousness
than large income with injustice.
James 2:5-6
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5 Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters. Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?(A) 6 But you have dishonored the poor person. Is it not the rich who oppress you? Is it not they who drag you into the courts?(B)
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Matthew 16:26
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26 For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?
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Proverbs 20:7
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7 The righteous walk in integrity—
happy are the children who follow them!(A)
Proverbs 19:22
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22 What is desirable in a person is loyalty,
and it is better to be poor than a liar.
Proverbs 15:16
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16 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord
than great treasure and trouble with it.(A)
Proverbs 14:2
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2 Those who walk uprightly fear the Lord,
but one who is devious in conduct despises him.(A)
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 mutters wickedness.(A)
Proverbs 12:26
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26 The righteous are released from misfortune,[a]
but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
Footnotes
- 12.26 Syr: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 37:26
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26 They are ever giving liberally and lending,
and their children become a blessing.(A)
Psalm 26:11
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11 But as for me, I walk in my integrity;
redeem me and be gracious to me.(A)
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