Berean Standard Bible
“Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.”
Proverbs 19 continues the Solomonic sayings and returns again and again to wealth and poverty, friendship, and the use of the tongue. Ancient cultures, like modern ones, tended to equate prosperity with success and approval.
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
World English Bible (WEB)
Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
King James Version (KJV)
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
MEJOR es el pobre que camina en su sencillez, que el de perversos labios y fatuo.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
Es mejor ser pobre y honrado que necio y de labios mentirosos.
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