Friday!

Proverbs!

Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity, 

than a person who is crooked,

though he is rich.

Proverbs 28:6 NASB2020

The word picture here is two people walking, one is walking "in his walking in integrity" even though this person may be poor. 

The other person is rich (& this proverb is not condemning wealth), and isn't verses walking in his integrity, but is walking crooked, or the word here "iqqesh" means twisted. 

To walk twisted. 

The implication is that this second person has had to contort and twist themselves, their values, in order to walk. 

This proverb seems to be saying that the "riches" aren't worth all the twisting of values it took to get them. 

The word here for integrity is "tom" which means integrity or complete. 

It's also the word used for part of the breastplate of the high priest. 

Better to be poor and walk in the spiritual armour of the breastplate of righteousness than to twist yourself up just to be wealthy. 

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