Proverbs 19:22

God's Word

Loyalty is desirable in a person, and it is better to be poor than a liar.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that you examine hearts and delight in honesty. With an honest heart I have willingly offered all these things. I’ve been overjoyed to see your people here offering so willingly to you.

2 Chronicles 6:8

However, the Lord said to my father David, ‘Since you had your heart set on building a temple for my name, your intentions were good.

Job 17:5

(Whoever turns in friends to get their property should have his children’s eyesight fail.)

Job 6:15

My brothers have been as deceptive as seasonal rivers, like the seasonal riverbeds that flood.

Psalm 62:9

Common people are only a whisper in the wind. Important people are only a delusion. When all of them are weighed on a scale, they amount to nothing. They are less than a whisper in the wind.

Proverbs 19:1

Better to be a poor person who lives innocently than to be one who talks dishonestly and is a fool.

Proverbs 19:21

Many plans are in the human heart, but the advice of the Lord will endure.

Proverbs 19:23

The fear of the Lord leads to life, and such a person will rest easy without suffering harm.

2 Corinthians 8:12

with whatever contributions you have. Since you are willing to do this, ⌞remember⌟ that people are accepted if they give what they are able to give. God doesn’t ask for what they don’t have.

Titus 1:2

My message is based on the confidence of eternal life. God, who never lies, promised this eternal life before the world began.