PROVERBS CHAPTER 28
Warning against Unscrupulous Dealing
THE CONSEQUENCES OF IMPIETY. — V. 5. Evil men understand not judgment, for their wickedness confuses their ideas of morality; but they that seek the Lord, and thereby make His Word the standard of their life, understand all things, according to the rule of the Word they have no trouble in determining what is right.
V. 6. Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, in integrity of life, in agreement with God’s holy will, than he that is perverse in his ways, walking in crooked ways, in conduct either hypocritical or downright wicked, though he be rich, for the possession of riches will not condone wickedness. Compare chapter 19, 1.
V. 7. Whoso keepeth the Law, observing carefully all instruction which he receives, is a wise son, chapter 10, 1; 29, 3; but he that is a companion of riotous men, loving the company of profligates and wasters, shameth his father.