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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.

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  1. Proverbs 19:1 Literally “in his lips”

As for the folly of humankind, its way leads to ruin,
    and against Yahweh his heart[a] will rage.

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  1. Proverbs 19:3 Or “mind”

10 For a fool living in luxury is not fitting,
    any more than it is for a slave to rule over princes.

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29 Judgments[a] are prepared for the scoffers,
    and flogging for the back of fools.

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  1. Proverbs 19:29 Or “Punishments,” or “Condemnations”