Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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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Better

What is desirable in a man is his fidelity;
better to be a poor man than a liar.
A righteous man is careful in dealing with his neighbor,
but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.
Better a little with the fear of the Lord
than great treasure with turmoil.
Better a little with righteousness
than great income with injustice.
Better a poor man who lives with integrity
than a rich man who distorts right and wrong.
He is always generous, always lending,
and his children are a blessing.
What will it benefit a man if he gains the whole world yet loses his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
Listen, my dear brothers: Didn’t God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that He has promised to those who love Him?

Perverse

Now consider carefully what you must do, because there is certain to be trouble for our master and his entire family. He is such a worthless fool nobody can talk to him!”
For your hands are defiled with blood
and your fingers, with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies,
and your tongues mutter injustice.
Because of this, I tell you, people will be forgiven every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

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Better a poor man who lives with integrity
than a rich man who distorts right and wrong.

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