Proverbs 19:1

How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness

¹ Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity
Than he who is perverse in speech and is a fool.
² Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge,
And he who hurries his footsteps errs.

Deceitful Lips

Proverbs 28:6

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
Than he who is crooked though he be rich.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now therefore, know and consider what you should do, for evil is plotted against our master and against all his household; and he is such a worthless man that no one can speak to him.”

1 Samuel 25:25

Please do not let my lord pay attention to this worthless man, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name and folly is with him; but I your maidservant did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.

Psalm 26:11

But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity;
Redeem me, and be gracious to me.

Psalm 37:26

All day long he is gracious and lends,
And his descendants are a blessing.

Proverbs 12:26

The righteous is a guide to his neighbor,
But the way of the wicked leads them astray.

Proverbs 14:2

He who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord,
But he who is devious in his ways despises Him.

Proverbs 15:16

Better is a little with the fear of the Lord
Than great treasure and turmoil with it.

Proverbs 16:8

Better is a little with righteousness
Than great income with injustice.

Proverbs 19:22

What is desirable in a man is his kindness,
And it is better to be a poor man than a liar.

Proverbs 20:7

A righteous man who walks in his integrity—
How blessed are his sons after him.

Isaiah 59:3

For your hands are defiled with blood
And your fingers with iniquity;
Your lips have spoken falsehood,
Your tongue mutters wickedness.

Matthew 12:31-34

“Therefore I say to you, any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven.

Matthew 16:26

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

James 2:5-6

Listen, my beloved brethren: did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?