Proverbs 19:22

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Summary

Proverbs 19:22

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

Desire

2 Corinthians 8:2

And

Titus 1:2

General references

Proverbs 28:6

Bible References

Desire

So to the best of my ability I’ve made provision for the house of my God: gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx, stones for mounting, antimony,

stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and a great quantity of marble.

However, Yahweh said to my father David,
“Since it was your desire to build a temple for My name,
you have done well to have this desire.

Sitting across from the temple treasury, He watched how the crowd dropped money into the treasury. Many rich people were putting in large sums.

Then Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a noble thing for Me.

During a severe testing by affliction, their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed into the wealth of their generosity.

And

Better a poor man who lives with integrity
than someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.

My brothers are as treacherous as a wadi,
as seasonal streams that overflow

If a man informs on his friends for a price,
the eyes of his children will fail.

Men are only a vapor;
exalted men, an illusion.
Weighed in the scales, they go up;
together they are less than a vapor.

in the hope of eternal life that God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

General references

Better a poor man who lives with integrity
than a rich man who distorts right and wrong.