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19 Better to be a poor person who walks in his integrity
than one with perverse lips who is a fool.
Zeal without knowledge is certainly not good,
and a person who acts hastily sins.[a]
A person’s own foolishness undermines his way,
but his heart rages against the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:2 Or a person who runs too quickly loses his way

19 Better the poor whose walk is blameless
    than a fool whose lips are perverse.(A)

Desire without knowledge is not good—
    how much more will hasty feet miss the way!(B)

A person’s own folly(C) leads to their ruin,
    yet their heart rages against the Lord.(D)

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