Proverbs 19:1 - Easy To Read Version

¹ It is better to be poor and honest than to be a fool that tells lies and cheats people.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ BETTER IS a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is perverse in his speech and is a [self-confident] fool.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

Common English Bible

¹ Better to be poor and walk in innocence than to have dishonest lips and be a fool.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Better is the poor who walks in his simplicity, than the rich who twists his lips and is unwise.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ Better is the poor man, that walketh in his simplicity, than a rich man that is perverse in his lips, and unwise.

Proverbs 19:1 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 26:11

But I am innocent.\par So, God, be kind to me and save me.\par

Psalm 37:26

A good man gives freely to other people.\par And a good man’s children are a blessing.\par

Proverbs 12:26

A good man is very careful about the friends he chooses. But evil people always choose the wrong friends.

Proverbs 14:2

The person who lives right respects the Lord. But the person who is not honest hates the Lord.

Proverbs 15:16

It is better to be poor and respect the Lord than to be rich and have many troubles.

Proverbs 16:8

It is better to gain only a little the right way than to gain much through cheating.

Proverbs 19:22

Everyone wants a true and loyal friend—it is better to be poor than a person that can’t be trusted.

Proverbs 20:7

A good person lives a good life. And his children will be blessed.

Proverbs 28:6

It is better to be poor but honest than to be rich and evil.

Proverbs 4:24

Don’t bend the truth and say things that are not right. Don’t tell lies.

Isaiah 59:3

Your hands are dirty; they are covered with blood. Your fingers are covered with guilt. You tell lies with your mouth. Your tongue says evil things.

Matthew 16:26

It is worth nothing for a person to have the whole world, if he loses his soul. A person could never pay enough to buy back his soul.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now think about it and decide what you can do. Nabal was foolish to say the things he did! Terrible trouble is coming to our master (Nabal) and all his family.”

1 Samuel 25:25

I didn’t see the men you sent. Sir, don’t pay any attention to that worthless man (Nabal). He is the same as his name. His name means ‘Foolish,’ and he really is foolish.