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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.
Also, a life[b] without knowledge is not good,
    and he who moves quickly with his feet misses the mark.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:1 Literally “in his lips”
  2. Proverbs 19:2 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
  3. Proverbs 19:2 Or “sins”

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)

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