It is better to be poor and live without blame than to be rich and follow a crooked path.

行为纯正的穷乏人胜过行事乖僻的富足人。

行为纯正的穷乏人胜过行事歪曲的有钱人。

行为纯正的穷乏人胜过行事歪曲的有钱人。

行为正直的穷人，胜过行事邪僻的富人。

行为完全的穷人，胜过行事狡诈的财主。

行事纯全的穷人，好过行事歪邪的富人。

行為純正的窮乏人勝過行事乖僻的富足人。

行為純正的窮乏人勝過行事歪曲的有錢人。

行為純正的窮乏人勝過行事歪曲的有錢人。

行為正直的窮人，勝過行事邪僻的富人。

行為完全的窮人，勝過行事狡詐的財主。

窮乏人依純全而行、勝過行徑乖僻而富足。

行事純全的窮人，好過行事歪邪的富人。

貧而正行、勝於富而乖戾、

富而悖理、不如貧而善道。

富而行邪曲道、不如貧而正直、

Better the poor whose walk is blameless than the rich whose ways are perverse.

Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is crooked in his ways.

Better to be poor and honest than to be dishonest and rich.

Better the poor person who lives with integrity than the rich one who distorts right and wrong.

Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity, Than a person who is crooked, though he is rich.

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity Than one perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

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

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

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

A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

It is better to be poor and to live without blame than to be foolish and to twist words around.

Anyone who lives without blame is kept safe. But anyone whose path is crooked will fall into the pit.

“ Once there was a rich man. He was dressed in purple cloth and fine linen. He lived an easy life every day.A man named Lazarus was placed at his gate. Lazarus was a beggar. His body was covered with sores.Even dogs came and licked his sores. All he wanted was to eat what fell from the rich man’s table.“ The time came when the beggar died. The angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.In the place of the dead, the rich man was suffering terribly. He looked up and saw Abraham far away. Lazarus was by his side.

Everyone longs for love that never fails. It is better to be poor than to be a liar.

Several days later Felix came with his wife Drusilla. She was a Jew. Felix sent for Paul and listened to him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.Paul talked about how to live a godly life. He talked about how people should control themselves. He also talked about the time when God will judge everyone. Then Felix became afraid.“ That’s enough for now!” he said.“ You may leave. When I find the time, I will send for you.”He was hoping that Paul would offer him some money to let him go. So he often sent for Paul and talked with him.Two years passed. Porcius Festus took the place of Felix. But Felix wanted to do the Jews a favor. So he left Paul in prison.

It is better to have a little and do right than to have a lot and be unfair.