Proverbs 19:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

XIX.

(1) Perverse in his lips. — One who distorts the truth; translated “froward” in Proverbs 4:24. That a rich man is here intended appears likely from the parallel passage in Proverbs 28:6.

Proverbs 19:1

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