Proverbs 28:6-8

New Living Translation

⁶Better to be poor and honest
than to be dishonest and rich.

⁷Young people who obey the law are wise;
those with wild friends bring shame to their parents.^[a]

⁸Income from charging high interest rates
will end up in the pocket of someone who is kind to the poor.

Proverbs 28:6-8

New International Version

⁶Better the poor whose walk is blameless
than the rich whose ways are perverse.^(A)

⁷A discerning son heeds instruction,
but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.^(B)

⁸Whoever increases wealth by taking interest^(C) or profit from the poor
amasses it for another,^(D) who will be kind to the poor.^(E)

New Living Translation (NLT)

New International Version (NIV)