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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.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:1 Literally “in his lips”

On Life and Conduct

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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:1 Lit his lips

A witness of falsehood will not go unpunished,
    and he who breathes lies will not escape.

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

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A false witness will not go unpunished,
    and he who breathes lies will perish.

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A (A)false witness will not go unpunished,
And one who declares lies will perish.

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