Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 28:6
6. Better More esteemed and better off. In his ways According to the Hebrew points, in his double ways, double dealing or duplicity of conduct. Riches, like every other good thing, commands respect and deference for their possessor. But let us never forget that it is better to be poor and upright erect and straight than rich and perverse, that is, morally crooked. Comp. Proverbs 19:1; James 1:8. read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 28:5
5. Judgment Justice, or the principle of rectitude. Understand not Have no proper sense or appreciation of it. All things Every thing pertaining to the subject. An ingenuous and pious mind readily comprehends and properly appreciates the principle of rectitude. The proverb “asserts the deep interdependence of morality and intellect. We loose ethical discernment in proportion as we do evil. We have a right judgment in all things in proportion as our heart seeks to know God” Speaker’s... read more