Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.


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Proverbs 28 6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
Proverbs 28 11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
Mark 14 7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.
Isaiah 26 6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
Proverbs 14 31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Exodus 23 6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Proverbs 16 19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Proverbs 22 16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
Proverbs 12 9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
Proverbs 19 22 The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
Proverbs 28 27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
Ecclesiastes 4 13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
Proverbs 29 7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
Proverbs 28 19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
Matthew 26 11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
Ecclesiastes 6 8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Proverbs 28 8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
Psalms 39 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Proverbs 28 22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
Proverbs 14 20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
Luke 18 25 For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Proverbs 19 17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Psalms 69 33 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
Proverbs 13 8 The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
Proverbs 28 10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
Luke 6 45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Matthew 5 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Jeremiah 5 4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
Psalms 1 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Ecclesiastes 10 12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Proverbs 13 18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
Proverbs 10 4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 28 3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
Proverbs 14 3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Proverbs 24 34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
Ecclesiastes 9 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Proverbs 10 15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Psalms 10 2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Proverbs 6 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Leviticus 25 47 And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:
2 Samuel 12 4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
James 2 2 For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
Psalms 72 2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
Amos 8 4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Proverbs 29 23 A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Proverbs 19 4 Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
Proverbs 13 7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
Proverbs 16 13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
Psalms 9 18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
Proverbs 11 2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.