Proverbs 19:22
It is a mans worship to do good: and a poore man is better then a lyer.
Bible (Bishops')
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 deuises in a mans heart: neuerthelesse, the counsayle of the Lorde shall stande.
Cross References
Mark 12:41And when Iesus sate ouer agaynst the treasurie, he behelde howe the people put money into the treasurie: And many that were rich, cast in much.
Titus 1:2In the hope of eternall lyfe, which God that can not lye, promised before the worlde began:
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 →