Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
The charm of a man is his kindness; and a poor man is better than a liar.
New American Standard Bible
And it is better to be a poor man than a liar.
King James Version
The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
Holman Bible
better to be a poor man than a liar.
International Standard Version
Human beings long for grace, and it's better to be poor than a man of deceit.
A Conservative Version
That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness, and a poor man is better than a liar.
American Standard Version
That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness; And a poor man is better than a liar.
Amplified
That which is desirable in a man is his loyalty and unfailing love,
But it is better to be a poor man than a [wealthy] liar.
Bible in Basic English
The ornament of a man is his mercy, and a poor man is better than one who is false.
Julia Smith Translation
The desire of man his mercy: and the poor good above the man of falsehood.
King James 2000
The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The craving of a man [is] his steadfast loyalty, and [it is] better [to be] poor than a {liar}.
Modern King James verseion
The charm of a man is his kindness, and a poor man is better than a liar.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
It is a man's worship to do good; and better it is to be a poor man, than a dissembler.
NET Bible
What is desirable for a person is to show loyal love, and a poor person is better than a liar.
New Heart English Bible
That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.
The Emphasized Bible
The charm of a man, is his lovingkindness, - and better a poor man, than one who deceiveth.
Webster
The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
World English Bible
That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.
Youngs Literal Translation
The desirableness of a man is his kindness, And better is the poor than a liar.
Interlinear
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 19:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Foolish Son Brings Ruin To Others
21 Many are the thoughts in a man's heart, but the counsel of Jehovah, that doth stand. 22 The charm of a man is his kindness; and a poor man is better than a liar. 23 The fear of Jehovah tendeth to life, and he that hath it shall rest satisfied without being visited with evil.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:2-3
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.
1 Chronicles 29:17
And I know, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart have I willingly offered all these things; and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, offer willingly to thee.
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;
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.
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.
Mark 12:41-44
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 14:6-8
But Jesus said, Let her alone; why do ye trouble her? she has wrought a good work as to me;
2 Corinthians 8:2-3
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.
2 Corinthians 8:12
For if the readiness be there, a man is accepted according to what he may have, not according to what he has not.
Titus 1:2
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the ages of time,