Proverbs 19:1

Authorized (King James) Version

19 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity,
than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

Proverbs 19:1

21st Century King James Version

19 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

¹⁵My son, if thine heart be wise,
my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
¹⁶Yea, my reins shall rejoice,
when thy lips speak right things.

¹⁵My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine;

¹⁶yea, my reins shall rejoice when thy lips speak right things.

24 Be not thou envious against evil men,
neither desire to be with them.
²For their heart studieth destruction,
and their lips talk of mischief.

24 Be thou not envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;

²for their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

⁷The legs of the lame are not equal:
so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

⁷The legs of the lame are not equal; so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

KJV reproduced by permission of Cambridge University Press, the Crown’s patentee in the UK.

21st Century King James Version (KJ21)