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19 Better a poor person walking in integrity
    than one who is perverse in his speech[a] and is a fool.
Also, a life[b] without knowledge is not good,
    and he who moves quickly with his feet misses the mark.[c]
As for the folly of humankind, its way leads to ruin,
    and against Yahweh his heart[d] will rage.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:1 Literally “in his lips”
  2. Proverbs 19:2 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
  3. Proverbs 19:2 Or “sins”
  4. Proverbs 19:3 Or “mind”