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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 in integrity shall be saved;{HR}But he that is perverted in [his] double ways,{HR}Shall fall in one [of them]. (Prov. 28:18)
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Prov. 16:8• 8Better [is] a little with righteousness{HR}Than great revenues without righteousness. (Prov. 16:8)
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Prov. 19:1,22• 1Better [is] the poor that walketh in his integrity{HR}Than one perverse in his lips (and) who is a fool.
 22The charm of a man [is] his kindness,{HR}And a poor man [is] better than a liar. (Prov. 19:1,22)
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Luke 16:19‑23• 19Now there was a rich man and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making good cheer in splendour every day.
 20And [there was] a poor man named Lazarus, [who] lay at his gateway full of sores,
 21and desiring to be filled with the crumbs which fell from the table of the rich man; nay, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
 22And it came to pass that the poor man died, and was carried away by the angels into Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died, and was buried.
 23And in Hades lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he 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 Felix, having arrived with Drusilla his wife being a Jewess, sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus.
 25And as he reasoned concerning righteousness and temperance and the judgment to come, Felix became terrified and answered, For the present go, and when I get a convenient season, I will send for thee,
 26hoping at the same time that money would be given him by Paul, wherefore also he sent for him the oftener and communed with him.
 27But when two years were fulfilled, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and Felix, willing to gain favour with the Jews, left Paul in bonds. (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.

W. Kelly Translation

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Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity,{HR}Than he that is perverse, double in ways,{HR}Though he be rich.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)