King James Version
Proverbs 19:1 in the King James Version says “Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.”
Proverbs 19:1 · KJV
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Better”
H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
“that walketh”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“in his integrity”
H8537completeness; figuratively, prosperity; usually (morally) innocence
“in his lips”
H8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
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