Better is the poor that walketh... — A variation of Proverbs 19:1.
Perverse in his ways. — According to the pointing of the text the words signify, “perverse in two ways.” That is, the sinner tries to “go two ways” (Sir. 2:12); to follow his own way without entirely deserting God’s; to “serve God and mammon;” he is “double-minded” (James 1:8), instead of setting before himself God’s will as the guide of his life.