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

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The Priorities of Life Contrasted

19 A poor man who walks blamelessly is better
than a fool who speaks perversely.

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

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A man’s foolishness ruins his life,[a]
    yet his heart rages against the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:3 Lit. way

10 It is not fitting for a fool(A) to live in luxury—
    how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!(B)

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10 It’s not fitting for a fool to live in luxury;
    neither is it for a servant to rule over princes.

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29 Penalties are prepared for mockers,
    and beatings for the backs of fools.(A)

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29 Condemnation is appropriate for mockers,
    just as beatings are for the backs of fools.

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