Proverbs 19:22 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²² What is desirable in a person is his fidelity; better to be a poor person than a liar.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² The desire of a man is his kindness: And a poor man is better than a liar.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² 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)

²² That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness; And a poor man is better than a liar.

Common English Bible

²² People long for trustworthiness; it is better to be poor than a liar.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² An indigent man is merciful. And a pauper is better than a deceitful man.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² A needy man is merciful: and better is the poor than the lying man.

Proverbs 19:22 Tagairtí Cros

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that you test the heart  and that you are pleased with what is right.  I have willingly given all these things with an upright heart, and now I have seen your people who are present  here giving joyfully and  willingly to you.

2 Chronicles 6:8

However, the Lord said to my father David, ‘Since it was your desire to build a temple for my name, you have done well to have this desire.

Job 17:5

If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.

Job 6:15

My brothers are as treacherous as a wadi, as seasonal streams that overflow

Proverbs 19:1

Better a poor person who lives with integrity than someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.

Proverbs 19:21

Many plans are in a person’s heart, but the  Lord’s decree will prevail.

Proverbs 19:23

The fear of the Lord leads to life; one will sleep at night  without danger.

2 Corinthians 8:12

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

Titus 1:2

in the hope of eternal life  that God, who cannot lie,  promised before time began.