Proverbs 28:6 - Compare All Versions

Proverbs 28:6 MSG (The Message)

It’s better to be poor and direct than rich and crooked.

Proverbs 28:6 KJV (King James Version)

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

Proverbs 28:6 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity Than he who is crooked though he be rich.

Proverbs 28:6 NCV (New Century Version)

It is better to be poor and innocent than to be rich and wicked.

Proverbs 28:6 ASV (American Standard Version)

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

Proverbs 28:6 NIV (New International Version)

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

Proverbs 28:6 NKJV (New King James Version)

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

Proverbs 28:6 AMP (Amplified Bible)

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity Than he who is crooked and two-faced though he is rich. [Prov 19:1]

Proverbs 28:6 NLT (New Living Translation)

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

Proverbs 28:6 TPT (The Passion Translation)

It’s more respectable to be poor and pure than rich and perverse.

Proverbs 28:6 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

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