On Life and Conduct

19 (A)Better is a poor man who (B)walks in his integrity
Than he who is perverse in [a]speech and is a fool.

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  1. Proverbs 19:1 Lit his lips

15 My son, if your heart is (A)wise,
My own heart also will be glad;
16 And my [a]inmost being will rejoice
When your lips speak (B)what is right.

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  1. Proverbs 23:16 Lit kidneys

Precepts and Warnings

24 Do not be (A)envious of evil men,
Nor desire to (B)be with them;
For their [a]minds devise (C)violence,
And their lips (D)talk of trouble.

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  1. Proverbs 24:2 Lit hearts

Like the legs which [a]are useless to the lame,
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

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  1. Proverbs 26:7 Lit hang down from