Proverbs 28:6 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁶ Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is perverse in his ways.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Better is the poor man who walks in his integrity than he who willfully goes in double and wrong ways, though he is rich.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁶ Better to be poor and walk in innocence than to be on crooked paths and wealthy.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Better is the pauper walking in his simplicity, than the rich walking in ways of depravity.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ Better is the poor man walking in his simplicity, than the rich in crooked ways.

Proverbs 28:6 Cross References

Proverbs 14:2

He who walks in uprightness fears the Lord, but he who is devious in his ways despises him.

Proverbs 16:8

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.

Proverbs 19:1

Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a man who is perverse in speech, and is a fool.

Proverbs 19:22

What is desired in a man is loyalty, and a poor man is better than a liar.

Proverbs 28:18

He who walks in integrity will be delivered, but he who is perverse in his ways will fall into a pit.