Proverbs 19:23
The feare of the Lord [bringeth a man] to lyfe: and he shall rest the whole night in plenteousnesse without visitation of any plague.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
In Context
22It is a mans worship to do good: and a poore man is better then a lyer.
24A slouthfull man shutteth his hande into his bosome, and wyll not take payne to put it to his mouth.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:27The feare of the Lorde maketh a long lyfe: but the yeres of the vngodly shalbe 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 →