Proverbs 19:22
The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
KJV
Homo indigens misericors est, et melior est pauper quam vir mendax.
Vulgate
λοιμοῦ μαστιγουμένου ἄφρων πανουργότερος γίνεται· ἐὰν δὲ ἐλέγχῃς ἄνδρα φρόνιμον, νοήσει αἴσθησιν.
LXX
That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness; And a poor man is better than a liar.
ASV
תַּאֲוַ֣ת אָדָ֣ם חַסְדּ֑/וֹ וְ/טֽוֹב רָ֝שׁ מֵ/אִ֥ישׁ כָּזָֽב
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
וֹ
v
noun · 246×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
כָזָֽב
kzb
noun · 28×
רָ֣שׁ
rsh
verb · 24×
תַּאֲוַ֣ת
t'vt
verb · 21×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Chr 29:2 — 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 iro
- 1Cor 13:4 — Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
- 2Chr 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:
- 2Cor 8:2 — How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
- 2Cor 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.
- Eph 4:32 — And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
- Mark 12:41 — 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.
- Mark 14:6 — And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.
- Prov 19:1 — Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
- Prov 19:1 — Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
- Prov 23:7 — For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
- Prov 28:6 — Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
- Rom 12:16 — Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
- Titus 1:2 — In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;