Proverbs 19:22
תַּאֲוַת אָדָם חַסְדּוֹ וְטֽוֹב ־ רָשׁ מֵאִישׁ כָּזָֽב ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
In Context
21רַבּוֹת מַחֲשָׁבוֹת בְּלֶב ־ אִישׁ וַעֲצַת יְהוָה הִיא תָקֽוּם ׃
23יִרְאַת יְהוָה לְחַיִּים וְשָׂבֵעַ יָלִין בַּל ־ יִפָּקֶד רָֽע ׃
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:17וְיָדַעְתִּי אֱלֹהַי כִּי אַתָּה בֹּחֵן לֵבָב וּמֵישָׁרִים תִּרְצֶה אֲנִי בְּיֹשֶׁר לְבָבִי הִתְנַדַּבְתִּי כָל ־ אֵלֶּה וְעַתָּה עַמְּךָ הַנִּמְצְאוּ ־ פֹה רָאִיתִי בְשִׂמְחָה לְהִֽתְנַדֶּב ־ לָֽךְ ׃
Job 6:15אַחַי בָּגְדוּ כְמוֹ ־ נָחַל כַּאֲפִיק נְחָלִים יַעֲבֹֽרוּ ׃
Psalms 62:9בִּטְחוּ בוֹ בְכָל ־ עֵת ׀ עָם שִׁפְכֽוּ ־ לְפָנָיו לְבַבְכֶם אֱלֹהִים מַחֲסֶה ־ לָּנוּ סֶֽלָה ׃
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 →