Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

Bible References

General references

Proverbs 28:18
He who walks blamelessly will be delivered,
But he who is crooked will fall all at once.
Proverbs 16:8
Better is a little with righteousness
Than great income with injustice.
Proverbs 19:1
Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity
Than he who is perverse in speech and is a fool.
Luke 16:19
“Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day.
Acts 24:24
But some days later Felix arrived with Drusilla, his wife who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul and heard him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.