Proverbs 28:6

Better is he that walketh in his vprightnes: then he that peruerteth his wayes, and is riche.

Bible (Bishops')

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

5Wicked men vnderstande not iudgement: but they that seeke the Lord, vnderstande all thinges.

7Who so kepeth the lawe, is a chylde of vnderstanding: but he that is a companion of riotous men, shameth his father.

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Cross References

Proverbs 16:8Better it is to haue a litle with ryghteousnesse, then great rentes wrongfully gotten.

Proverbs 19:22It is a mans worship to do good: and a poore man is better then a lyer.

Luke 16:19Ther was a certaine riche man, whiche was clothed in purple & fine whyte, and fared very deliciously euery day.

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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