Proverbs 28:6

Better is a poor man going in his simpleness, than a rich man in [his] shrewd ways. (Better is a poor person going in his honesty, or in his integrity, than a rich person in all his depraved ways.)

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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

5Wicked men think not on doom; but they that seek the Lord, perceive all things. (The wicked do not think about justice; but they who seek the Lord, understand everything about it or understand it well.)

7He that keepeth the law, is a wise son; but he that feedeth gluttons, shameth his father.

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Cross References

Proverbs 16:8Better is a little with rightfulness, than many fruits with wickedness.

Proverbs 19:22A needy man is merciful; and better is a poor (but) just man, than a man (who is a) liar. (A person in need is merciful; and it is better to be poor but righteous, than to be a liar.)

Luke 16:19There was a rich man, and (he) was clothed in purple, and white silk, and ate every day shiningly.

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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