1Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 19:1
Integrity, Counsel, Discipline, Poverty, Anger, and the Fear of the LORD
The chapter moves from integrity and misdirected zeal, to wealth and false witness, to wisdom and household prudence, to laziness, commandments, mercy, and discipline, and finally to the LORD's prevailing purpose, fear of the LORD, sloth, instruction, corrupt witness, and judgment.
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Betterטֽוֹב־H2896Adjective - masculine singulara poor manרָ֭שׁH7326Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularwho walksהוֹלֵ֣ךְH1980Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularwith integrityבְּתֻמּ֑וֹH8537Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular-וְה֣וּאH1931Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singularthan a foolכְסִֽיל׃H3684Noun - masculine singularwhose lipsשְׂ֝פָתָ֗יוH8193Noun - feminine dual construct | third person masculine singularare perverseמֵעִקֵּ֥שׁH6141Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular construct