1Better a poor man whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse.


In Context

1 Better a poor man whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse.

2 It is not good to have zeal without knowledge, nor to be hasty and miss the way.

3 A man's own folly ruins his life, yet his heart rages against the Lord .

Proverbs 19:1 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:1Better [is] the poor that walketh in his integrity, than [he that is] perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:1Better is the poor man, that walketh in his simplicity, than a rich man that is perverse in his lips, and unwise.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:1Better is a poor man that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity than he that perverse in his lips and is a fool.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:1Better is the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse in his lips, who is a fool.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:1Better is the poor that walks in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.