For what advantage has the wise man over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living?
Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.
As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.
And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord.
When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eyes?
I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
I will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house;
When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless,
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.