Proverbs 19:1

Proverbs 19:1 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

1Better the poor whose walk is blameless

than a fool whose lips are perverse.

1Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity

Than a person who is perverse in 19:1 Lit his lipsspeech and is a fool.

1Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity

Than he who is perverse in speech and is a fool.

1Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity

Than a [rich] man who is twisted in his speech and is a [shortsighted] fool.

1Better a poor man who walks with integrity

than a fool whose lips are perverse.

1It is better to be poor and to live without blame

than to be foolish and to twist words around.