Proverbs 19:1
Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
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1 Samuel 25:17, 25
Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!" . . .

Isaiah 59:3
For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.

Matthew 12:31-34
Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity Than he who is perverse in speech and is a fool.

King James Bible
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Better a poor man who lives with integrity than someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.

International Standard Version
A poor man who walks blamelessly is better than a fool who speaks perversely.

NET Bible
Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Better is the poor that walks in integrity than the rich that perverts his ways.
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