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 with all my ability I have provided for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, silver for the things of silver, bronze for the things of bronze, iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood, as well as onyx stones and stones to be inlaid, stones of antimony (a brittle, silvery-white metal) and stones of various colors, and all kinds of precious stones and alabaster in abundance.
2 Chronicles 6:8
But the Lord said to my father David, ‘Because it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you did well that it was in your heart.
Mark 12:41
And He sat down opposite the [temple] treasury, and began watching how the people were putting money into the treasury. And many rich people were putting in large sums.
Mark 14:6
But Jesus said, “Let her alone; why are you bothering her and causing trouble? She has done a good and beautiful thing to Me.
2 Corinthians 8:2
for during an ordeal of severe distress, their abundant joy and their deep poverty [together] overflowed in the wealth of their lavish generosity.
And
Proverbs 19:1 Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity
Than a [rich] man who is twisted in his speech and is a [shortsighted] fool.
Than a [rich] man who is twisted in his speech and is a [shortsighted] fool.
Job 6:15
“My brothers have acted deceitfully like a brook,
Like the torrents of brooks that vanish,
“My brothers have acted deceitfully like a brook,
Like the torrents of brooks that vanish,
Job 17:5
“He who denounces and informs against his friends for a share of the spoil,
The eyes of his children will also languish and fail.
“He who denounces and informs against his friends for a share of the spoil,
The eyes of his children will also languish and fail.
Psalm 62:9
Men of low degree are only a breath (emptiness), and men of [high] rank are a lie (delusion).
In the balances they go up [because they have no measurable weight or value];
They are together lighter than a breath.
Men of low degree are only a breath (emptiness), and men of [high] rank are a lie (delusion).
In the balances they go up [because they have no measurable weight or value];
They are together lighter than a breath.
Titus 1:2
based on the hope and divine guarantee of eternal life, [the life] which God, who is ever truthful and without deceit, promised before the ages of time began,
General references
Proverbs 28:6
Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
Than he who is crooked and two-faced though he is rich.
Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
Than he who is crooked and two-faced though he is rich.