Proverbs 19:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Better is the poor, &c.— Better is a poor man who is upright in his way, than a rich man who is perverse in his path. Houbigant. Thus preserving the antithesis, and following the Syriac.

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.