Parallel Verses
NET Bible
What is desirable for a person is to show loyal love, and a poor person 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.
Darby Translation
The charm of a man is his kindness; and a poor man is better than a liar.
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.
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
Checed
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 19:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Foolish Son Brings Ruin To Others
21 There are many plans in a person's mind, but it is the counsel of the Lord which will stand. 22 What is desirable for a person is to show loyal love, and a poor person is better than a liar. 23 Fearing the Lord leads to life, and one who does so will live satisfied; he will not be afflicted by calamity.
Cross References
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.