19 (A)Better is a poor person who (B)walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.
19 Better a poor person who lives with integrity(A)than someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.
15 (A)My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad.16 My (B)inmost being[a] will exult when your lips speak (C)what is right.
15 My son, if your heart is wise,my heart will indeed rejoice.(A)16 My innermost being will celebratewhen your lips say what is right.(B)
24 Be not (A)envious of evil men, nor desire to be (B)with them,2 for their hearts (C)devise violence, and their lips (D)talk of trouble.
24 Don’t envy the evil(A)or desire to be with them,(B)2 for their hearts plan violence,and their words stir up trouble.(C)
7 Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
7 A proverb in the mouth of a foolis like lame legs that hang limp.
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