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

19 Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity
    than a man who is perverse in speech, and is a fool.

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15 My son, if your heart is (A)wise,
My own heart also will be glad,
16 And my [a]innermost being will rejoice
When your lips speak (B)what is right.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:16 Lit kidneys

15 My son, if your heart is wise,
    my heart too will be glad.
16 My soul will rejoice
    when your lips speak what is right.

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Precepts and Warnings

24 Do not be (A)envious of evil people,
Nor desire to (B)be with them;
For their [a]minds plot (C)violence,
And their lips (D)talk of trouble.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:2 Lit hearts

24 Be not envious of evil men,
nor desire to be with them;
for their minds devise violence,
    and their lips talk of mischief.

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Like [a]useless legs to one who cannot walk,
So is a proverb in the mouths of fools.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 26:7 Lit legs that dangle from one paralyzed

Like a lame man’s legs, which hang useless,
    is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

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