Proverbs 28:6

Better is the poor man who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in [his] ways, though he be rich.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

5Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek LORD understand all things.

7He who keeps the law is a wise son, but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.

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Cross References

Proverbs 16:8Better is a little, with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

Proverbs 19:22That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness, and a poor man is better than a liar.

Luke 16:19Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously daily.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 28:6

5 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the Lord understand all things. Note, I. As the prevalency of men's lusts is owing to the darkness of their understandings, so the darkness of their understandings is very much owing to the dominion of their lusts: Men understand not judgment, discern not between truth and falsehood, right and wrong; they understand not the law of God as the rule either of their duty or of their doom; and, 1. Therefore it is that they are evil men; their wickedness is the… Read the whole commentary →

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