Proverbs 19:22
20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
21 There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
23 The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
24 A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
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 there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
Read in context2 Chronicles 6:8
But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:
Read in contextMark 14:6–8
And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.
Read in contextMark 12:41–44
And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
Read in contextProverbs 19:1
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Read in contextTitus 1:2
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:2–3
How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
Read in context1 Chronicles 29:2–3
Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
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