Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
WEB
Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
YLT
Better is the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse in his lips, who is a fool.
DBT
Better is a poor [man] that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.