Proverbs 19:22

The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.

Cross References (12)

  • 2 Corinthians 8:12 (7)

    For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.

  • Mark 14:6–8 (6)

    But Jesus said, “Leave her alone; why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.

  • 2 Chronicles 6:8 (6)

    But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to ha

  • Mark 12:41–44 (5)

    As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in larg

  • 2 Corinthians 8:2–3 (4)

    In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.

  • Proverbs 19:1 (4)

    Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.

  • Titus 1:2 (4)

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

  • 1 Chronicles 29:2–3 (3)

    Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver,

  • Job 17:5 (2)

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

  • 1 Chronicles 29:17 (2)

    I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an

  • Job 6:15 (2)

    But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,

  • Psalms 62:9 (2)

    Lowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted are but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.