Proverbs 19:1

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

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WEBBE

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

BSB

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

KJV

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 that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

BBE

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

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Matthew Henry · Verse 1

A poor man who fears God, is more honourable and happy, than a man without wisdom and grace, however rich or advanced in rank.

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