Proverbs 19:22
The charm of a man, is his lovingkindness,—and better a poor man, than one who deceiveth.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 are the devices in a man’s heart, but, the counsel of Yahweh, that, shall stand.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:17But I know, O my God, that, thou, art proving the heart, and, with uprightness, wilt thou be pleased,—I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these things, now, therefore, thy people who are found here, have I seen with joy, offering willingly unto thee.
Job 6:15Mine own brethren, have proved treacherous like a torrent, like a channel of torrents which disappear:
Psalms 62:9Surely, vanity, are men of low degree, Deception, men of high degree,—In the balances, they go up, They, are [made] of vanity, altogether.
Mark 12:41And, taking his seat over against the treasury, he was observing how, the multitude, was casting in copper into the treasury, and, man rich, were casting in, much.
2 Corinthians 8:2That, in a great testing of tribulation, the superabounding of their joy and their deep destitution, superabounded unto the riches of their liberality;
Titus 1:2In hope of life age-abiding; which God, who cannot lie, promised before age-during times,
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 →