Proverbs 19:23
The fear of the Lord is unto life: and he shall abide in fulness without being visited with evil.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
22A needy man is merciful: and better is the poor than the lying man.
24The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth.
Cross References
Psalms 25:13His soul shall dwell in good things: and his seed shall inherit the land.
Psalms 34:9O taste, and see that the Lord is sweet: blessed is the man that hopeth in him.
Psalms 85:9I will hear what the Lord God will speak in me: for he will speak peace unto his people: And unto his saints: and unto them that are converted to the heart.
Psalms 91:16I will fill him with length of days; and I will shew him my salvation.
Proverbs 10:27The fear of the Lord shall prolong days: and 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 →