Proverbs 19:22
That that is to be desired of a man, is his goodnes, and a poore man is better then a lyer.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 deuises are in a mans heart: but the counsell of the Lord shall stand.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:17I knowe also, my God, that thou tryest the heart, and hast pleasure in righteousnesse: I haue offred willingly in the vprightnesse of mine heart all these things: now also haue I seene thy people which are found here, to offer vnto thee willingly with ioy.
Job 6:15My brethre haue deceiued me as a brook, and as the rising of the riuers they passe away.
Psalms 62:9Yet the children of men are vanitie, the chiefe men are lies: to lay them vpon a balance they are altogether lighter then vanitie.
Mark 12:41And as Iesus sate ouer against the treasurie, he beheld how the people cast money into the treasurie, and many rich men cast in much.
2 Corinthians 8:2Because in great triall of affliction their ioy abounded, and their most extreme pouertie abounded vnto their rich liberalitie.
Titus 1:2Vnto the hope of eternall life, which God that cannot lie, hath promised before the world 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 →