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Proverbs 28:6 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 28 · verse 6
Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.Proverbs 28:6 · King James Version
Proverbs 28:6 in context
4They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
5Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
6Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
7Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
8He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
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Key words (Strong's)
- uprightnesstômcompletenessH8537 →
- perverseʻiqqêshdistortedH6141 →
- walkethhâlakto walkH1980 →
- Betterṭôwbgood in the widest senseH2896 →
- poorrûwshto be destituteH7326 →
- waysdereka roadH1870 →
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Here, 1. It is supposed that a man may walk in his uprightness and yet be poor in this world, which is a temptation to dishonesty, and yet may resist the temptation and continue to walk in his uprightness - also that a man may be perverse in his ways, injurious to God and man, and yet be rich, and prosper in the…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary