King James Version
Proverbs 28:6 in the King James Version says “Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 28 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.”
Proverbs 28:6 · KJV
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father. is a companion: or, feedeth gluttons
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. unjust: Heb. by increase
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Better”
H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
“that walketh”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“in his uprightness”
H8537completeness; figuratively, prosperity; usually (morally) innocence
“in his ways”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
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