Proverbs 28:6

“Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness, etc.] (See Gill on “<201901>Proverbs 19:1”); than [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [be] rich; or, “in [his] two ways”f774: that halts between two ways, or makes use of both; sometimes turns to the one, to the right hand, and sometimes to the other, to the left hand; or that pretends to the one, and walks in the other; would be thought to be a virtuous and religious man, and to walk in the paths of righteousness and truth, when he walks in those of sin and wickedness. And now a poor man that walks evenly and uprightly, according to the word of God and truth of the Gospel, in the commandments and ordinances of the Lord, and in…”

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

“Perverse in his ways - literally, “Perverse in his double ways.” Compare Ecclesiasticus 2:12 and James 1:8. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Better - In a much happier condition. Proverbs 28:10”

“28:6 Virtue is more valuable than material wealth. This proverb is repeated with a slightly different conclusion in 19:1.”

“Pro 28:18, Pro 16:8, Pro 19:1, Pro 19:22; Luk 16:19-23; Act 24:24-27 Proverbs 28:7”

“What is stated in this proverb is a conclusion from the preceding, with which it is also externally connected, for רשׁ (= ראשׁ), רשׁע, רע, and now רשׁ, follow each other: Better a poor man who walketh in his innocence, Than a double-going deceiver who is rich thereby. A variation of Pro 19:1. Stainlessness, integritas vitae, as a consequence of unreserved devotion to God, gives to a man with poverty a higher worth and nobility than riches connected with falsehood which "halts between two opinions" ( Kg1 18:21), and appears to go one way, while in reality it goes another. The two ways דּדכים (cf. Sir. 2:12, οὐαί ἁμαρτωλῷ ... ἐπιβαίνοντι ἐπὶ δύο τρίβους) are, as Pro 28:18, not ways…”