Proverbs 19:1

New International Version

Better the poor whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:6

Better the poor whose walk is blameless than the rich whose ways are perverse.

Matthew 16:26

What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?

Proverbs 16:8

Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice.

Proverbs 19:22

What a person desires is unfailing love; better to be poor than a liar.

Proverbs 20:7

The righteous lead blameless lives; blessed are their children after them.

Proverbs 15:16

Better a little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth with turmoil.

Proverbs 14:2

Whoever fears the Lord walks uprightly, but those who despise him are devious in their ways.

Isaiah 59:3

For your hands are stained with blood, your fingers with guilt. Your lips have spoken falsely, and your tongue mutters wicked things.

Psalm 37:26

They are always generous and lend freely; their children will be a blessing.

Proverbs 12:26

The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

Psalm 26:11

I lead a blameless life; deliver me and be merciful to me.

1 Samuel 25:25

Please pay no attention, my lord, to that wicked man Nabal. He is just like his name—his name means Fool, and folly goes with him. And as for me, your servant, I did not see the men my lord sent.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now think it over and see what you can do, because disaster is hanging over our master and his whole household. He is such a wicked man that no one can talk to him.”

Proverbs 4:24

Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.