NET
1 Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.
Darby
1 Better is a poor [man] that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
KJV
1 Better [is] the poor that walketh in his integrity, than [he that is] perverse in his lips, and is a fool.