Proverbs 19:22

Bible in Basic English 1965

The ornament of a man is his mercy, and a poor man is better than one who is false.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17

And I am conscious, my God, that you are the searcher of hearts, taking pleasure in righteousness. As for me, with an upright heart I have freely given all these things; and I have seen with joy your people who are here to make their offerings freely to you.

2 Chronicles 6:8

But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name:

Job 17:5

As for him who is false to his friend for a reward, light will be cut off from the eyes of his children.

Job 6:15

My friends have been false like a stream, like streams in the valleys which come to an end:

Psalm 62:9

Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.

Proverbs 19:1

Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.

Proverbs 19:21

A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.

Proverbs 19:23

The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if there is a ready mind, a man will have God's approval in the measure of what he has, and not of what he has not.

Titus 1:2

In the hope of eternal life, which was made certain before eternal time, by the word of God who is ever true;