6Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.


In Context

3 A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.

4 Those who forsake the law praise the wicked; but those who keep the law contend with them.

5 Evil men don't understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.

6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

7 Whoever keeps the law is a wise son; but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.

8 He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

Proverbs 28:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:6Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [be] rich.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

28:6Better a poor man whose walk is blameless than a rich man whose ways are perverse.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

28:6Better is the poor man walking in his simplicity, than the rich in crooked ways.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

28:6Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:6Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse, double in ways, though he be rich.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

28:6Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:6Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he is rich.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

28:6Better is the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:6Better is the poor that walks in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.