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Better to be poor and walking in one’s integrity
    than to be crooked of ways when one is rich.

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Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity,
Than he that is [a]perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

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  1. Proverbs 28:6 Hebrew perverse of two ways.

19 He who tills his ground will have plenty bread,
    but he who follows fantasies will have plenty of poverty.

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19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread;
But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

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25 The greedy person[a] will stir up strife,
    but he who trusts in Yahweh will be enriched.

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  1. Proverbs 28:25 Literally “wide soul”

25 He that is of a greedy spirit stirreth up strife;
But he that putteth his trust in Jehovah shall be made fat.

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27 For he who gives to the poor, there is no lacking,
    but for he[a] who turns his eyes, there are many curses.

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  1. Proverbs 28:27 Hebrew “those”

27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack;
But he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

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