Proverbs 28:6

Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.

Berean Standard Bible

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 the LORD comprehend fully.

7A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.

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Cross References

Proverbs 16:8Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.

Proverbs 19:22The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.

Luke 16:19Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.

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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