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?
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.
I will give heed to the way that is blameless. Oh when wilt thou come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house;
I walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a man who is perverse in speech, and is a fool.
When goods increase, they increase who eat them; and what gain has their owner but to see them with his eyes?
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire; this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
As for the rich in this world, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on uncertain riches but on God who richly furnishes us with everything to enjoy.