The Blameless Poor vs The Perverse Fool
Proverbs 19:1
Better the poor whose walk is blameless
than a fool whose lips are perverse.
PCdc Commentary
It is better to be poor and pure
than to be foolish and perverse.
perverse: per·verse [per-vurs] adjective
1. willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary.
2. characterized by or proceeding from such a determination or disposition: a perverse mood.
3. wayward or cantankerous.
4. persistent or obstinate in what is wrong.
5. turned away from or rejecting what is right, good, or proper; wicked or corrupt.
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