Proverbs 19:1
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool."
Word-by-Word Analysis
טוֹב
ṭôwb
good (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...
עָנִי
ʻânîy
depressed, in mind or circumstances
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
תֹּם
tôm
completeness; figuratively, prosperity; usually (morally) innocence
שָׂפָה
sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
כְּסִיל
kᵉçîyl
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
Key Terms in This Verse
תֹּם tôm
completeness; figuratively, prosperity; usually (morally) innocence
Study H8537 →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →טוֹב ṭôwb
good (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 or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...
Study H2896 →שָׂפָה sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
Study H8193 →Cross References
Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
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