John Trapp on Proverbs 19:1

CHAP. XIX. Verſ. 1. Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity]

THat poor, but honeſt man, that ſpeaks ſupplications, Chap. 18.23. but abuſeth not his lips to leud and looſe language, is better than that rich fool that anſwers him roughly and robuſtiouſly (as Nabal did Davids meſſengers) and otherwiſe, ſpeaks ill, thinks worſe. Wee uſually call a poor man a poor ſoul: a poor ſoul may bee a rich Chriſtian, and a rich man may have a poor ſoul.