New King James Version
Proverbs 19:22
22What is desired in a man is kindness, And a poor man is better than a liar.
Proverbs 19:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
- New International Version (NIV)What a person desires is unfailing love; better to be poor than a liar.
- English Standard Version (ESV)What is desired in a man is steadfast love, and a poor man is better than a liar.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Loyalty makes a person attractive. It is better to be poor than dishonest.
Context of Proverbs 19:22
20Listen to counsel and receive instruction, That you may be wise in your latter days. 21There are many plans in a man’s heart, Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand. What is desired in a man is kindness, And a poor man is better than a liar. 23The fear of the Lord leads to life, And he who has it will abide in satisfaction; He will not be visited with evil. 24A lazy man buries his hand in the bowl, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Read all of Proverbs 19Proverbs 19:22 word by word
תַּאֲוַ֣ת אָדָ֣ם חַסְדּ֑וֹ וְטֽוֹב־רָ֝שׁ מֵאִ֥ישׁ כָּזָֽב׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 19:22
- 1 Chronicles 29:2Now for the house of my God I have prepared with all my might: gold for things to be made of gold, silver for things of silver, bronze for things of bronze, iron for things of iron, wood for things of wood, onyx stones, stones to be set, glistening stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and marble slabs in abundance.
- 2 Chronicles 6:8But the Lord said to my father David, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a temple for My name, you did well in that it was in your heart.
- Mark 12:41Now Jesus sat opposite the treasury and saw how the people put money into the treasury. And many who were rich put in much.
- Mark 14:6But Jesus said, “Let her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for Me.
- 2 Corinthians 8:2that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded in the riches of their liberality.
- Proverbs 19:1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity Than one who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
- Job 6:15My brothers have dealt deceitfully like a brook, Like the streams of the brooks that pass away,
- Job 17:5He who speaks flattery to his friends, Even the eyes of his children will fail.
- Psalms 62:9Surely men of low degree are a vapor, Men of high degree are a lie; If they are weighed on the scales, They are altogether lighter than vapor.
Commentaries on Proverbs 19:22
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22The “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.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22Verse 22 It is far better to have a heart to do good, and want ability for it, than to have ability for it, and want a heart to it.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. desire--that is, to do good, indicates a kind disposition (Pr 11:23); and the poor thus affected are better than liars, who say and do not.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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