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Proverbs 19:22
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What is desirable in a person is his fidelity;better to be a poor person than a liar.
That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.
The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
What is desired in a man is steadfast love, and a poor man is better than a liar.
What is desirable in a person is his kindness, And it is better to be a poor person than a liar.
People want others to be loyal, so it is better to be poor than to be a liar.
That which is desirable in a man is his loyalty and unfailing love, But it is better to be a poor man than a [wealthy] liar.
That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.
That that is to be desired of a man, is his goodnes, and a poore man is better then a lyer.
What is desirable in a man is his lovingkindness,And better is a poor man than a man of falsehood.
The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.
What matters most is loyalty. It's better to be poor than to be a liar.
A man's lust is his shame, and a poor man is better than a liar.
The charm of a man is his kindness; and a poor [man] is better than a liar.
People want a friend they can trust. It is better to be poor than to be a liar.
The longing of a man is to do good; and a poor man is better than a rich man who lies.
It is a disgrace to be greedy; poor people are better off than liars.
The craving of a man is his steadfast loyalty, and it is better to be poor than a liar.
The desirableness of a man is his kindness, and a poor man is better than a liar.
It is a mans worshipe to do good, & better it is to be a poore ma, then a dyssembler.
That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness; And a poor man is better than a liar.
The lust of a man is his shame; and a poor man is better than a liar.
The desire of a man is his kindnesse: and a poore man is better then a lyar.
It is a mans worship to do good: and a poore man is better then a lyer.
Mercy is a fruit to a man: and a poor man is better than a rich liar.
The desire of a man is the measure of his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
A nedi man is merciful; and betere is a pore iust man, than a man liere.
That which makes man to be desired is his kindness; And a poor man is better than a liar.
The desire of a man [is] his kindness: and a poor man [is] better than a liar.
What is desirable for a person is to show loyal love, and a poor person is better than a liar.
What is desired in a man is kindness, And a poor man is better than a liar.
Loyalty makes a person attractive. It is better to be poor than dishonest.
What is desired in a man is his kindness, and it is better to be a poor man than a liar.
What is desirable in a person is loyalty, and it is better to be poor than a liar.
The charm of a man, is his lovingkindness, - and better a poor man, than one who deceiveth.
A needy man is merciful: and better is the poor than the lying man.
What is desired in a man is loyalty, and a poor man is better than a liar.
The desirableness of a man [is] his kindness, And better [is] the poor than a liar.
It's only human to want to make a buck, but it's better to be poor than a liar.
What is desirable in a man is his kindness, And it is better to be a poor man than a liar.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
desire: 1 Chronicles 29:2, 1 Chronicles 29:3, 1 Chronicles 29:17, 2 Chronicles 6:8, Mark 12:41-44, Mark 14:6-8, 2 Corinthians 8:2, 2 Corinthians 8:3, 2 Corinthians 8:12
and: Proverbs 19:1, Job 6:15, Job 17:5, Psalms 62:9, Titus 1:2
Reciprocal: Proverbs 14:22 - devise Proverbs 23:7 - as Proverbs 28:6 - General Romans 12:16 - condescend to men of low estate 1 Corinthians 13:4 - is kind Ephesians 4:32 - kind
Cross-References
And Lot, lifting up his eyes and looking an the valley of Jordan, saw that it was well watered everywhere, before the Lord had sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah; it was like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, on the way to Zoar.
They made war with Bera, king of Sodom, and with Birsha, king of Gomorrah, Shinab, king of Admah, and Shemeber, king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (which is Zoar).
And at nightfall the two angels came to Sodom; and Lot was seated at the way into the town: and when he saw them he got up and came before them, falling down on his face to the earth.
But the men put out their hands and took Lot into the house to them, shutting the door again.
And he sent destruction on those towns, with all the lowland and all the people of those towns and every green thing in the land.
And looking in the direction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the lowland, he saw the smoke of the land going up like the smoke of an oven.
Now do not get in my way, for my wrath is burning against them; I will send destruction on them, but of you I will make a great nation.
Let me send destruction on them till their very name is cut off; and I will make of you a nation greater and stronger than they.
My heart is crying out for Moab; her people go in flight to Zoar, and to Eglath-shelishiyah: for they go up with weeping by the slope of Luhith; on the way to Horonaim they send up a cry of destruction.
This is the word of the Lord: As the new wine is seen in the grapes, and they say, Do not send destruction on it, for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants, in order that I may not put an end to them all.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The desire of a man [is] his kindness,.... Either the grace and kindness of God, which is, desirable by every sensible man, as being most excellent, and better than life and anything in it; or it is his desire to show kindness. A good man is desirous of riches, that he might have it in the power of his hands to do good to others; and a beneficent man, who has it in his power, is desirous of an opportunity of showing kindness to his fellow creatures and friends; and such a disposition and conduct render a man very desirable and amiable; it is the beauty of a man, as Ben Melech; yea, a man that is not able to do a kindness to another, yet has a desire to do it, his good will is his kindness, and the will is taken for the deed. Gersom takes the word in the sense of "reproach", as it is sometimes used; and understands it of the sinful desires of the heart, the imaginations of the thoughts of the heart, which are evil continually, and so matter of reproach;
and a poor man [is] better than a liar; who is a rich man, as the Septuagint and Syriac versions add; who denies that he has ability to relieve the poor, when he has; or promises to do it, and does it not; such men of high degree are a lie indeed! and the poor man, whom he should relieve, is a better man than he; or that would relieve another, but it is not in his power to do it.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The “liar” is probably the man, who makes false excuses for not giving, and so is inferior to the poor man, whose “desire,” the wish to do good, is taken, in the absence of means to carry it into effect, for the act of kindness itself.
