Translation: ESV
Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.
Honest poverty is more valuable before God than dishonest wealth.
▸This evaluates poverty and wealth by the standard of moral integrity.
This evaluates poverty and wealth by the standard of moral integrity. Living in poverty with integrity is better than living in wealth with dishonesty and foolishness. Integrity (tom) is a more important value in life than material conditions.
Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
Being slow to anger is wisdom, and overlooking an offense is true glory. Forgiveness is strength, not weakness.
▸Being slow to anger is wisdom, and overlooking an offense is true glory.
Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his deed.
Giving to the poor is lending to the LORD, and God will surely repay it.
▸This is a remarkable theology: giving to the poor is like lending to God.
Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand.
No matter how many plans humans make, what ultimately stands is the purpose of the LORD.
▸Despite the many plans of human beings, only the purpose of God ultimately stands.