Proverbs 19:22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

What is desirable in a person is loyalty, and it is better to be poor 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 Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that you search the heart and take pleasure in uprightness; in the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people who are present here offering freely and joyously to you.

2 Chronicles 6:8

But the Lord said to my father David, ‘You did well to consider building a house for my name;

Job 17:5

Those who denounce friends for reward— the eyes of their children will fail.

Job 6:15

My companions are treacherous like a torrent bed, like swollen streams that pass away,

Psalm 62:9

Those of low estate are but a breath; those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.

Proverbs 19:1

Better the poor walking in integrity than one perverse of speech who is a fool.

Proverbs 19:21

The human mind may devise many plans, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.

Proverbs 19:23

The fear of the Lord is life indeed; filled with it one rests secure and suffers no harm.

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.

Titus 1:2

in the hope of eternal life that God, who never lies, promised before the ages began—