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Proverbs 19:1-3
Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 19:1-3
Tree of Life Version
Better to be Poor with Integrity
19 Better to be poor, walking with integrity,
than be a fool whose lips are corrupt.
2 Zeal without knowledge is not good,[a]
or to act hastily and miss the way.
3 A man’s folly undermines his way,
and his heart rages against Adonai.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:2 cf. Rom. 10:2.
Proverbs 19:1-3
New International Version
Proverbs 19:1-3
New International Version
19 Better the poor whose walk is blameless
than a fool whose lips are perverse.(A)
2 Desire without knowledge is not good—
how much more will hasty feet miss the way!(B)
Proverbs 19:1-3
King James Version
Proverbs 19:1-3
King James Version
19 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord.
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