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Proverbs 19:1

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Proverbs 19:1 · King James Version

In other versions

  • Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

    ASV

  • Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.

    BBE

  • Better is a poor [man] that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

    DBY

  • Better is the poor who walks in his integrity Than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

    WEB

  • Better `is' the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse `in' his lips, who `is' a fool.

    YLT

  • Better is the poor that walks in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

    ENG

  • Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

    WBT

  • Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.

    BSB

In context

1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

2Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

3The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

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