Proverbs 19:22
20 Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.
21 Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.
23 The fear of the LORD leads to life, that one may rest content, without visitation from harm.
24 The slacker buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.
- KJV
- The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
- WEB
- That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.
- ASV
- That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness; And a poor man is better than a liar.
- DARBY
- The charm of a man is his kindness; and a poor [man] is better than a liar.
- BLB
- The desire of a man is loving devotion, and one being poor [is] better than a man of lies.
- ÅB
- Et menneskes miskunnhet er hans glede, og en fattig er lykkeligere enn en stormann som lyver.
- OTB
- Det som er ønskelig i en person, er hans vennlighet; det er bedre å være fattig enn en løgner.
- B1930
- Et menneskes miskunnhet er hans glede, og en fattig er lykkeligere enn en stormann som lyver.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Corinthians 8:12
For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
Read in context2 Chronicles 6:8
But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.
Read in contextMark 14:6–8
But Jesus said, “Leave her alone; why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.
Read in contextMark 12:41–44
As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.
Read in contextProverbs 19:1
Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
Read in contextTitus 1:2
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:2–3
In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.
Read in context1 Chronicles 29:2–3
Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and slabs of marble—all in abundance.
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