Proverbs 19:22 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

The desire of a man is his kindness: And a poor man is better than a liar.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

That which is desired in a man is loyalty and kindness [and his glory and delight are his giving], but a poor man is better than a liar.

American Standard Version (1901)

That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness; And a poor man is better than a liar.

Common English Bible

People long for trustworthiness; it is better to be poor than a liar.

Catholic Public Domain Version

An indigent man is merciful. And a pauper is better than a deceitful man.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

A needy man is merciful: and better is the poor than the lying man.

Proverbs 19:22 Krydshenvisninger

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.

2 Chronicles 6:8

But the Lord said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build a house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:

Job 17:5

He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

Job 6:15

My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;

Psalm 62:9

Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

Proverbs 19:1

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

Proverbs 19:21

There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.

Proverbs 19:23

The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

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.

Titus 1:2

in hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;