19 Better a poor person who lives with integrity(A)
than someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.

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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 false witness will not go unpunished,(A)
and one who utters lies will not escape.(B)

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A witness to lies will not go unpunished;
    the teller of falsehoods will not escape.

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A false witness will not go unpunished,
and one who utters lies perishes.(A)

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A witness to lies will not go unpunished;
    the teller of falsehoods will perish.

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