Proverbs 19:1

WEB

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

KJV

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

BSB

¹Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.

FBV

¹Better to be poor but honest than stupid and tell lies.

Extra References

Proverbs 28:6

⁶Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

Proverbs 16:8

⁸Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

Matthew 16:26

²⁶For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

Proverbs 19:22

²²That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.

Proverbs 20:7

⁷A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.

Proverbs 14:2

²He who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.

Proverbs 15:16

¹⁶Better is little, with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure with trouble.

Isaiah 59:3

³For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies. Your tongue mutters wickedness.

⁵Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him? ⁶But you have dishonored the poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and personally drag you before the courts?

Proverbs 12:26

²⁶A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.