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Proverbs 28

Prov. 28:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Better
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (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 or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
is the poor
ruwsh (Hebrew #7326)
to be destitute
KJV usage: lack, needy, (make self) poor (man).
Pronounce: roosh
Origin: a primitive root
that walketh
halak (Hebrew #1980)
a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, + be eased, enter, exercise (self), + follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), + greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, X more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), + send, speedily, spread, still, surely, + tale-bearer, + travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-)faring man, X be weak, whirl.
Pronounce: haw-lak'
Origin: akin to 3212
in his uprightness
tom (Hebrew #8537)
completeness; figuratively, prosperity; usually (morally) innocence
KJV usage: full, integrity, perfect(-ion), simplicity, upright(-ly, -ness), at a venture. See 8550.
Pronounce: tome
Origin: from 8552
, than he that is perverse
`iqqesh (Hebrew #6141)
distorted; hence, false
KJV usage: crooked, froward, perverse.
Pronounce: ik-kashe'
Origin: from 6140
in his ways
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
, though he be rich
`ashiyr (Hebrew #6223)
rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)
KJV usage: rich (man).
Pronounce: aw-sheer'
Origin: from 6238
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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 28:18• 18Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once. (Prov. 28:18)
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Prov. 16:8• 8Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. (Prov. 16:8)
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Prov. 19:1,22• 1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
 22The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar. (Prov. 19:1,22)
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Luke 16:19‑23• 19There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
 20And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
 21And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
 22And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
 23And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. (Luke 16:19‑23)
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Acts 24:24‑27• 24And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
 25And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
 26He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.
 27But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and Felix, willing to show the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound. (Acts 24:24‑27)
• The honest poor may take comfort in the estimate that God puts upon them. In His sight they are far to be preferred to the perverse rich. (“Proverbs Twenty-Eight” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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