better

“Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than one perverse in his ways, though he be rich.” —Proverbs 28:6 Throughout his writings, Solomon had a penchant for using proverbial comparisons of the “better is” or “better than” variety (see, for instance, Proverbs 8:11; 12:9; 15:16-17; 16:32; 27:5; Ecclesiastes 7:1-3, 5; …