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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.
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 ornament of a man is his mercy, and a poor man is better than one who is false.
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
This happened before the Lord had destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. And when Lot looked around, he saw there was plenty of water in the Jordan Valley. All the way to Zoar the valley was as green as the garden of the Lord or the land of Egypt.
attacked King Bera of Sodom, King Birsha of Gomorrah, King Shinab of Admah, King Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, also known as the city of Zoar.
That evening the two angels arrived in Sodom, while Lot was sitting near the city gate. When Lot saw them, he got up, bowed down low,
But the two angels in the house reached out and pulled Lot safely inside.
He destroyed those cities and everyone who lived in them, as well as their land and the trees and grass that grew there.
He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and saw smoke rising from all over the land—it was like a flaming furnace.
and I'm angry enough to destroy them, so don't try to stop me. But I will make your descendants into a great nation.
So don't try to stop me! I am going to wipe them out, and no one on earth will remember they ever lived. Then I will let your descendants become an even bigger and more powerful nation than Israel.
I pity Moab! Its people are running to Zoar and to Eglath-Shelishiyah. They cry on their way up to the town of Luhith; on the road to Horonaim they tell of disasters.
Here is what the Lord says: A cluster of grapes that produces wine is worth keeping! So, because of my servants, I won't destroy everyone.
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.
