Proverbs 19:22
The most desirable thing in anyone is trustworthy love; it is better to be poor than a liar.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
In Context
21Human beings make many plans in their minds, but the final decision is the Lord's.
23Honoring the Lord is life, and you will rest contentedly, safe from harm.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:17I know, my God, that you look on the inside and are happy when we live right. Everything I have given willingly and with an honest heart, and now I have seen your people here giving happily and willingly to you.
Job 6:15My brothers have acted as deceptively as a desert stream, rushing waters in the desert that vanish.
Psalms 62:9Ordinary people are mere breaths, while leaders are just fakes. Put them all together and weigh them on scales and they wouldn't weigh more than air!
Mark 12:41Jesus sat down opposite the treasury collection box, watching people tossing in coins. Many of the rich were extravagantly throwing in a lot of money.
2 Corinthians 8:2Even though they have suffered terrible trouble, they are overflowing with happiness; and even though they are very poor, they are also overflowing in their generosity.
Titus 1:2This gives them the hope of eternal life that God (who cannot lie) promised ages ago,
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 →