Proverbs 28:6

It is better for a poor person who walks in his integrity, 1 than for a rich person who is crooked in his ways. 1

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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, 1 but those who seek Yahweh understand everything. 1

7He who keeps the law is a son who has understanding, 1 but one who is a companion of gluttons shames his father. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 16:8Better is a little with what is right, 1 than a large income with injustice. 1

Proverbs 19:22Loyalty is what a person desires 1 and a poor person is better than a liar. 1

Luke 16:19Now there was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and was enjoying every day his great wealth.

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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