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19 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
    than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

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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”

A false witness shall not be unpunished.
    He who pours out lies shall not go free.

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

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A false witness shall not be unpunished.
    He who utters lies shall perish.

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

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