Proverbs 19:22

Modern English Version

What is desirable in a man is kindness, and it is better to be poor than to be a liar.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that You test the heart, and with uprightness You are pleased, so in the uprightness of my heart I have offered freely all these things, and now I have seen Your people, those present here, offer freely and joyously to You.

2 Chronicles 6:8

But the Lord said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well because of what was in your heart;

Job 17:5

He who speaks flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children will fail.

Job 6:15

My brothers have acted deceitfully like a riverbed, like the streams of the riverbeds that run dry;

Psalm 62:9

Surely men of low degree are but a vapor; men of high degree are a lie; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than vapor.

Proverbs 19:1

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

Proverbs 19:21

Many are the plans in the heart of a man, but it is the counsel of the Lord that will stand.

Proverbs 19:23

The fear of the Lord leads to life, and he who has it will rest secure; he will not be visited by evil.

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if there is a willing mind first, the gift is accepted according to what a man possesses and not according to what he does not possess.

Titus 1:2

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