New International Reader's Version

Proverbs 19:1-4 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

1. It is better to be poor and to live without blame than to be foolish and to twist words around.

2. It isn't good to get all stirred up without knowledge. And it isn't good to be in a hurry and miss the way.

3. A man's own foolish acts destroy his life. But his heart is angry with the Lord.

4. Wealth brings many friends. But the friends of poor people leave them alone.