Proverbs 19:22

What is desirable for a person is to show loyal love, and a poor person is better than a liar.

1 Chronicles 29:2-3

So I have made every effort to provide what is needed for the temple of my God, including the gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, as well as a large amount of onyx, settings of antimony and other stones, all kinds of precious stones, and alabaster.

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that you examine thoughts and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.

2 Chronicles 6:8

The Lord told my father David, 'It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.

Job 6:15

My brothers have been as treacherous as a seasonal stream, and as the riverbeds of the intermittent streams that flow away.

Job 17:5

If a man denounces his friends for personal gain, the eyes of his children will fail.

Psalm 62:9

Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air.

Proverbs 19:1

Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.

Mark 12:41-44

Then he sat down opposite the offering box, and watched the crowd putting coins into it. Many rich people were throwing in large amounts.

Mark 14:6-8

But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a good service for me.

2 Corinthians 8:2-3

that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth of their generosity.

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.

Titus 1:2

in hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the ages began.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.

General references

Bible References

Desire

1 Chronicles 29:2
So I have made every effort to provide what is needed for the temple of my God, including the gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, as well as a large amount of onyx, settings of antimony and other stones, all kinds of precious stones, and alabaster.
2 Chronicles 6:8
The Lord told my father David, 'It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.
Mark 12:41
Then he sat down opposite the offering box, and watched the crowd putting coins into it. Many rich people were throwing in large amounts.
Mark 14:6
But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a good service for me.
2 Corinthians 8:2
that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth of their generosity.

And

Proverbs 19:1
Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.
Job 6:15
My brothers have been as treacherous as a seasonal stream, and as the riverbeds of the intermittent streams that flow away.
Job 17:5
If a man denounces his friends for personal gain, the eyes of his children will fail.
Psalm 62:9
Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air.
Titus 1:2
in hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the ages began.

General references

Proverbs 28:6
A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.

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