Proverbs 28:6 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁶Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

Proverbs 28:6 —

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Cross-References

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Proverbs 19:1
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Luke 16:19-23
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: …
Proverbs 28:18
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
Proverbs 19:22
The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
Proverbs 16:8
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Alms Beggars Conscience Conscientiousness Honesty Integrity Measure

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 6)

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 world, for a while, may be rich, and so lie under great obligations and have great oppo…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 6)

6. (Compare Pr 10:6). Riches cannot compensate for sin, nor the want of them affect integrity.