Proverbs 19:23
The fear of Jehovah [tendeth] to life, and he [that hath it] shall rest satisfied without being visited with evil.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
22The charm of a man is his kindness; and a poor [man] is better than a liar.
24A sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, and will not even bring it to his mouth again.
Cross References
Psalms 25:13His soul shall dwell in prosperity, and his seed shall inherit the earth.
Psalms 34:9Fear Jehovah, ye his saints; for there is no want to them that fear him.
Psalms 85:9Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.
Psalms 91:16With length of days will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
Psalms 145:18Jehovah is nigh unto all that call upon him, unto all that call upon him in truth.
Proverbs 10:27The fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:23
22 The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar. Note, 1. The honour of doing good is what we may laudably be ambitious of. It cannot but be the desire of man, if he have any spark of virtue in him, to be kind; one would not covet an estate for any thing so much as thereby to be put into a capacity of relieving the poor and obliging our friends. 2. It is far better to have a heart to do good and want ability for it than have ability for it and want a heart to it: The desire of a man to… Read the whole commentary →