Proverbs 28:6

A poor man walking in truth is better than a rich liar.

Brenton Septuagint

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 will not understand judgment: but they that seek the Lord will understand + 28:5 Gr. in everything.everything.

7A wise son keeps the law: but he that keeps up debauchery dishonours his father.

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Cross References

Proverbs 16:8He that seeks the Lord shall find knowledge with righteousness: and they that rightly seek him shall find peace.

Proverbs 19:22Mercy is a fruit to a man: and a poor man is better than a rich liar.

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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