THEOSISProverbs 19:1Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Better is the poor man, that walketh in his simplicity, than a rich man that is perverse in his lips and unwise.
טֽוֹב־רָ֭שׁ הוֹלֵ֣ךְ בְּתֻמּ֑וֹ מֵעִקֵּ֥שׁ שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו וְה֣וּא כְסִֽיל׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 28:6Better is the poor man walking in his simplicity, than the rich in crooked ways.
- Matt 16:26For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?
- Prov 16:8Better is a little with justice, than great revenues with iniquity.
- Prov 19:22A needy man is merciful: and better is the poor than the lying man.
- Prov 15:16Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without content.
- Jas 2:5Hearken, my dearest brethren: Hath not God chosen the poor in this world, rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love him?
- Jas 2:6But you have dishonoured the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you by might? And do not they draw you before the judgment seats?
- Prov 14:2He that walketh in the right way, and feareth God, is despised by him that goeth by an infamous way.