Proverbs 19:23
The fear of the Lord is unto life: and he shall abide in the fulness without being visited with evil.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
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 34:9But my soul shall rejoice in the Lord; and shall be delighted in his salvation.
Psalms 85:9All the nations thou hast made shall come and adore before thee, O Lord: and they shall glorify thy name.
Psalms 91:16That they may shew, That the Lord our God is righteous, and there is no iniquity in him.
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 →