Proverbs 19:22
A needy man is merciful: and better is the poor than the lying man.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
In Context
21There are many thoughts in the heart of a man: but the will of the Lord shall stand firm.
23The fear of the Lord is unto life: and he shall abide in fulness without being visited with evil.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:17I know my God that thou provest hearts, and lovest simplicity, wherefore I also in the simplicity of my heart, have joyfully offered all these things: and I have seen with great joy thy people, which are here present, offer thee their offerings.
Job 6:15My brethren have passed by me, as the torrent that passeth swiftly in the valleys.
Psalms 62:9Trust in him, all ye congregation of people: pour out your hearts before him. God is our helper for ever.
Mark 12:41And Jesus sitting over against the treasury, beheld how the people cast money into the treasury, and many that were rich cast in much.
2 Corinthians 8:2That in much experience of tribulation, they have had abundance of joy; and their very deep poverty hath abounded unto the riches of their simplicity.
Titus 1:2Unto the hope of life everlasting, which God, who lieth not, hath promised before the times of the world:
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 →