Proverbs 19:22
The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
In Context
21Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
23The fear of the LORD leads to life, that one may rest content, without visitation from harm.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:17I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.
Job 6:15But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,
Psalms 62:9Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
Mark 12:41As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.
2 Corinthians 8:2In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.
Titus 1:2in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time 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 →