Proverbs 19:1

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

19 Better the poor walking in integrity
than one perverse of speech who is a fool.^(A)

Proverbs 19:1

International Standard Version

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

⁵A false witness will not go unpunished,
and a liar will not escape.^(A)

⁵A witness to lies will not go unpunished;
the teller of falsehoods will not escape.

⁹A false witness will not go unpunished,
and the liar will perish.

⁹A witness to lies will not go unpunished;
the teller of falsehoods will perish.

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)

International Standard Version (ISV)