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
And I have prepared according to all my power for the house of my God gold for things of gold, and silver for things of silver, and brass for things of brass, iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and white marble in abundance.
2 Chronicles 6:8
But Jehovah said to David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart;
Mark 12:41
And Jesus, having sat down opposite the treasury, saw how the crowd was casting money into the treasury; and many rich cast in much.
Mark 14:6
But Jesus said, Let her alone; why do ye trouble her? she has wrought a good work as to me;
2 Corinthians 8:2
that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty has abounded to the riches of their free-hearted liberality.

And

Proverbs 19:1
Better is a poor man that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Job 6:15
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a stream, as the channel of streams which pass away,
Job 17:5
He that betrayeth friends for a prey even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Psalm 62:9
Men of low degree are only vanity; men of high degree, a lie: laid in the balance, they go up together lighter than vanity.
Titus 1:2
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the ages of time,

General references

Proverbs 28:6
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse, double in ways, though he be rich.