Proverbs 28:6

Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness,.... See Gill on Pro 19:1;

than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich; or, "in his two ways" (c): that halts between two ways, or…

Perverse in his ways - literally, “Perverse in his double ways.” Compare Ecclesiasticus 2:12 and Jam 1:8.

Here, 1. It is supposed that a man may walk in his uprightness and yet be poor in this world, which is a temptation to dishonesty, and yet may resist the temptation and continue to walk in his…

The first half of the proverb occurs in Pro 19:1.

perverse inhis ways Lit. perverse of two ways: i.e. in double-dealing. Comp. "Woe … to the sinner that goeth two ways!" Sir 2:12; ἀνὴρ δίψυχος…