Key Verse Spotlight
Proverbs 28:6 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Better {is} the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than {he that is} perverse {in his} ways, though he {be} rich.”
Proverbs 28:6
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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}
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