Proverbs 19:22 · KJV
“The desire of a man {is} his kindness: and a poor man {is} better than a liar.”
— Proverbs 19:22
{There are} many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
The fear of the LORD {tendeth} to life: and {he that hath it} shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
Proverbs 19 — Context
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
21{There are} many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
22The desire of a man {is} his kindness: and a poor man {is} better than a liar.
23The fear of the LORD {tendeth} to life: and {he that hath it} shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
24A slothful {man} hideth his hand in {his} bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 8:12
For if there be first a willing mind, {it is} accepted according to that a man hath, {and} not according to that he hath not.
Mark 14:6-8
And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.
2 Chronicles 6:8
But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:
Mark 12:41-44
And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. {money: a piece of brass money}
2 Corinthians 8:2-3
How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. {liberality: Gr. simplicity}
Proverbs 19:1
Better {is} the poor that walketh in his integrity, than {he that is} perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Titus 1:2
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; {In: or, For}
1 Chronicles 29:2-3
Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for {things to be made} of gold, and the silver for {things} of silver, and the brass for {things} of brass, the iron for {things} of iron, and wood for {things} of wood; onyx stones, and {stones} to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.