Proverbs 28:6

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 understand not justice; but they that seek the LORD understand all things.

7A wise son observeth the teaching; but he that is a companion of gluttonous men shameth his father.

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Cross References

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

Proverbs 19:22The lust of a man is his shame; and a poor man is better than a 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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