1 Better the poor whose walk is blameless

than a fool whose lips are perverse.

1 Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity

than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.

1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity,

Than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

1 Better to be poor and honest

than to be dishonest and a fool.

1 It is better to be poor and honest

than to be foolish and tell lies.

1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity

Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

1 Better is a poor man that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

1 Better to be a poor person who lives innocently 

than to be one who talks dishonestly and is a fool. 

1 Better a poor man who lives with integrity

than someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.

1 Better the poor walking in integrity

than one perverse of speech who is a fool.

1 Better a poor person walking in integrity

than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.

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

than to be foolish and to twist words around.

1 Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity

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