Proverbs 28:6

It is better to be honest even though you are poor than to be dishonest even though you are rich.

Translation for Translators

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 people do not understand what it means to act justly, but those who try to obey/worship Yahweh understand that very well.

7Young people who obey the laws are wise [IDM]; parents whose children associate with those who ◄carouse/go to wild parties► are humiliated/disgraced because of what their children do.

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Cross References

Proverbs 16:8It is better to have a small amount of money that is earned honestly than to have a lot of money that is acquired dishonestly.

Proverbs 19:22People want others to be loyal to them; it is better to be poor than to tell a lie to a judge in court in order to get money.

Luke 16:19Jesus also said [MET], “Once there was a rich man who wore expensive purple linen garments. He ate luxuriously every 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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