Proverbs 28:6-8

International Standard Version

⁶It’s better to be poor and live a blameless life
than to be rich but crooked in one’s lifestyle.

⁷Whoever keeps the Law is a discerning son,
but whoever keeps company with gluttons
brings shame to his father.

⁸Whoever gains wealth by charging exorbitant^[a] interest
collects it for someone who is kind to the poor.

Proverbs 28:6-8

New International Version

⁶Better the poor whose walk is blameless
than the rich whose ways are perverse.^(A)

⁷A discerning son heeds instruction,
but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.^(B)

⁸Whoever increases wealth by taking interest^(C) or profit from the poor
amasses it for another,^(D) who will be kind to the poor.^(E)

⁶Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

⁷Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

⁸He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

International Standard Version (ISV)

New International Version (NIV)