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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Proverbs 19:1

CHAPTER XIX

The worth of a poor upright man. Riches preserve friends. False

witnesses. False friends. A king's wrath. The foolish son. The

prudent wife. Slothfulness. Pity for the poor. The fear of the

Lord. The spendthrift son. Obedience to parents.

NOTES ON CHAP. XIX

Verse Proverbs 19:1. Better is the poor] The upright poor man is always to be preferred to the rich or self-sufficient fool.

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See also Proverbs 19:1 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The “perverse” man is the rich fool, as contrasted with the poor man who is upright. Proverbs 19:1 are missing in the Septuagint....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 19:1-19 FURTHER PROVERBS ON PERSONAL INSTRUCTION One may be poor, but walking in integrity, he is far ahead of him who is perverse in his lips and is a fool. Then we find proverbs about frett...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    PROVERBS 19. A shrewd turn of sarcasm in Proverbs 19:3 suggests the attitude of practical wisdom towards that questioning of the moral government of the world which we find in Job. PROVERBS 19:1. FOO...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BETTER. See note on Proverbs 8:11. THE POOR. a needy one. Hebrew. _rush._ See note on Proverbs 6:11. Same as in verses: Proverbs 19:7;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _a fool_ We are left to read in the word _rich_, from the contrast implied by the parallelism: upright poverty is better than perverse folly, by whatever advantages of wealth, of birth, or of rank, it...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER 19 TEXT Proverbs 19:1-10 1. Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool. 2. Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good;...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. BETTER (IS) THE POOR THAT WALKETH IN HIS INTEGRITY, THAN (HE THAT IS) PERVERSE IN HIS LIPS, A...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1. FOOL] read, 'rich' (Proverbs 28:6)....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    A fool hates wisdom, so his words are lies. He tries to give a false impression. He should not speak these evil words. He should be honest. It would be better if this man were poor, but honest....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    In these verses, Solomon discusses things that are wrong. Many wrong things happen in this world....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 19 V1 A man may be poor but he still remains honest. He is better than the fool, whose words are false....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    טֹֽוב ־רָ֭שׁ הֹולֵ֣ךְ בְּ תֻמֹּ֑ו מֵ עִקֵּ֥שׁ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 20 HUMAN FREEDOM "The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against the Lord."- Proverbs 19:3 THERE is such a valuable expansion and commentary on this proverb in th...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Verse Proverbs 19:7. This is the only case in this first collection of proverbs in which we find three clauses. It is certainly most likely that the third clause is incomplete. Something has been lost...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Rich, is not in Hebrew, Septuagint, Complutensian, or St. Jerome. (Calmet) --- But as there is not antithesis between a poor man and a fool, it ought to be inserted, as it is in the Syriac, which rea...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinne...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BETTER [IS] THE POOR THAT WALKETH IN HIS INTEGRITY,.... In the uprightness of his heart before God and men; who is sincere in the worship of God, and in the profession of his name, and walks in all th...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Better [is] the poor that walketh in his integrity, than [he that is] perverse in his lips, and is a fool. Ver. 1. _Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity._] That poor but honest man, that...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Better is the poor_ Hebrew, רשׁ, _a poor man; that walketh in his integrity_ Who is upright in his words and actions; he has a better character, is in a better condition, is more beloved, lives to be...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    V. 1. BETTER IS THE POOR THAT WALKETH IN HIS INTEGRITY, in innocence of heart and righteousness of conduct, THAN HE THAT IS PERVERSE IN HIS LIPS, full of malice in his speech, AND IS A FOOL, for his r...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    PROVERBS CHAPTER 19 THAT WALKETH IN HIS INTEGRITY; who is upright in his words and actions. THAT IS PERVERSE IN HIS LIPS; that useth to speak wickedly, which proceeds from a wicked heart, and is usual...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 19:1 Better H2896 poor H7326 (H8802) walks H1980 (H8802) integrity H8537 perverse H6141 lips H8193 fool...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: If we keep God's Word, God's Word will keep us from all things that are really hurtful. Those who despise the ways of His W...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 19:1. _Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity,_ in simplicity and honesty of heart, than a fool whose tongue is perverse, and whose body is swoln with corpulency. The contrast of me...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 19:1. Delitzsch translates the last clause, “_Than one with perverse lips, and so a fool_.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 19:1_ I. A REFERENCE TO AN UNEXPLAINED MYSTERY OF H...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION PROVERBS 19:1 BETTER IS THE POOR THAT WALKTH IN HIS INTEGRITY. The word for "poor" is, here and in Proverbs 19:7, Proverbs 19:22, _rash, _which signifie

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Better is the poor that walks in his integrity [or in honesty], than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 25:17; 1 Samuel 25:25; Isaiah 59:3; James 2:5; James 2:6;...

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