Proverbs 19:1-3

International Children’s Bible

19 It is better to be poor and honest
than to be foolish and tell lies.

²Enthusiasm without knowledge is not good.
If you act too quickly, you might make a mistake.

³A person’s own foolishness ruins his life.
But in his mind he blames the Lord for it.

Proverbs 19:1-3

New International Version

19 Better the poor whose walk is blameless
than a fool whose lips are perverse.^(A)

²Desire without knowledge is not good—
how much more will hasty feet miss the way!^(B)

³A person’s own folly^(C) leads to their ruin,
yet their heart rages against the Lord.^(D)

19 Better 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.

International Children’s Bible (ICB)

New International Version (NIV)