1 Better 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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Better טֽוֹב־ H2896 Adjective - masculine singular a poor man רָ֭שׁ H7326 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular who walks הוֹלֵ֣ךְ H1980 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular with integrity בְּתֻמּ֑וֹ H8537 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular - וְה֣וּא H1931 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular than a fool כְסִֽיל׃ H3684 Noun - masculine singular whose lips שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו H8193 Noun - feminine dual construct | third person masculine singular are perverse מֵעִקֵּ֥שׁ H6141 Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular construct