Better
is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
Context / meaning
Proverbs 18 [20.] A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth.
With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue;
those who love it will eat its fruit.
Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing,
and obtains favor of Yahweh.
The poor plead for mercy,
but the rich answer harshly.
A man of many companions may be ruined,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 19 [1.] Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
It isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge;
nor being hasty with one’s feet and missing the way.
The foolishness of man subverts his way;
his heart rages against Yahweh.
Wealth adds many friends,
but the poor is separated from his friend.
integrity
PIB Scriptures are derived from the World English Bible
is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
Proverbs 19:1
Context / meaning
Proverbs 18 [20.] A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth.
With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue;
those who love it will eat its fruit.
Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing,
and obtains favor of Yahweh.
The poor plead for mercy,
but the rich answer harshly.
A man of many companions may be ruined,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 19 [1.] Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
It isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge;
nor being hasty with one’s feet and missing the way.
The foolishness of man subverts his way;
his heart rages against Yahweh.
Wealth adds many friends,
but the poor is separated from his friend.
integrity
PIB Scriptures are derived from the World English Bible