Berean Standard Bible
“Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.”
Proverbs 28 contrasts the righteous with the wicked and often touches on how wealth and integrity relate. In the ancient world, as now, it was easy to admire the rich even when their gain was crooked.
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.
World English Bible (WEB)
Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.
King James Version (KJV)
Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in [his] ways, though he be rich.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
Mejor es el pobre que camina en su integridad, que el de perversos caminos, y rico.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
Es mejor ser pobre y honrado que rico y perverso.
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