Proverbs 19:22
The charm of a man is his kindness; and a poor [man] is better than a liar.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
In Context
21Many are the thoughts in a man's heart, but the counsel of Jehovah, that doth stand.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:17And I know, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart have I willingly offered all these things; and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, offer willingly to thee.
Job 6:15My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a stream, as the channel of streams which pass away,
Psalms 62:9Men of low degree are only vanity; men of high degree, a lie: laid in the balance, they go up together [lighter] than vanity.
Mark 12:41And Jesus, having sat down opposite the treasury, saw how the crowd was casting money into the treasury; and many rich cast in much.
2 Corinthians 8:2that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty has abounded to the riches of their [free-hearted] liberality.
Titus 1:2in [the] hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the ages of time,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:22
21 There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord , that shall stand. Here we have, 1. Men projecting. They keep their designs to themselves, but they cannot hide them from God; he knows the many devices that are in men's hearts, —devices against his counsels (as those, Ps. ii. 1-3 ; Micah iv. 11 ),— devices without his counsel (no regard had to his providence, as those Jam. iv. 13 , this and the other they will do, and not take God along with them),—devices unlike God's counsels;… Read the whole commentary →