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Proverbs 19:22
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What is desired in a man is steadfast love, and 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 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.
People want a friend they can trust. 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 maketh a man to be desired is his kindness; And a poor man is better 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 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.
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.
The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.
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.
People want others to be loyal, so it is better to be poor than to be 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.
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.
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.
What is desirable in a person is his kindness, And it is better to be a poor person than a liar.
It is a mans worship to do good: and a poore man is better then a lyer.
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 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.
The desirableness of a man [is] his kindness, And better [is] the poor than a liar.
That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.
What is desired in a man is loyalty, and a poor man is better than a liar.
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.
The ornament of a man is his mercy, and a poor man is better than one who is false.
It is a mans worshipe to do good, & better it is to be a poore ma, then a dyssembler.
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.
What is desirable in a man is his lovingkindness,And better is a poor man than a man of falsehood.
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 lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord , like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
That these 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 there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.
And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
Thus saith the Lord , As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy 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.
