Proverbs 19:23
Honoring the Lord is life, and you will rest contentedly, safe from harm.
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22The most desirable thing in anyone is trustworthy love; it is better to be poor than a liar.
24Lazy people put their hands in a dish, and won't even lift the food to their mouths.
Cross References
Psalms 25:13They will continue to be prosperous, and their descendants will inherit the land.
Psalms 34:9Show your reverence for the Lord, you who are his holy people, for those who respect him have everything they need.
Psalms 85:9Truly God's salvation is with those who do as he says. His glorious presence will live with us in our land.
Psalms 91:16I will grant them long lives, and show them my salvation.
Psalms 145:18The Lord is close to all who ask for his help, to all who ask in sincerity.
Proverbs 10:27Honoring the Lord makes your life longer, but the years the wicked live will be cut short.
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 →