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Proverbs 19

Prov. 19:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The desire
ta'avah (Hebrew #8378)
a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)
KJV usage: dainty, desire, X exceedingly, X greedily, lust(ing), pleasant. See also 6914.
Pronounce: tah-av-aw'
Origin: from 183 (abbreviated)
of a man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
is his kindness
checed (Hebrew #2617)
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Pronounce: kheh'-sed
Origin: from 2616
: and a poor man
ruwsh (Hebrew #7326)
to be destitute
KJV usage: lack, needy, (make self) poor (man).
Pronounce: roosh
Origin: a primitive root
is better
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
than
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
a liar
kazab (Hebrew #3577)
falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)
KJV usage: deceitful, false, leasing, + liar, lie, lying.
Pronounce: kaw-zawb'
Origin: from 3576
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Ministry on This Verse

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desire.
1 Chron. 29:2‑3,17• 2And 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.
 3And moreover, in my affection for the house of my God I have given of my own property of gold and silver, for the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the house of the sanctuary:
 17And 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. (1 Chron. 29:2‑3,17)
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2 Chron. 6:8• 8But 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; (2 Chron. 6:8)
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Mark 12:41‑44• 41And Jesus, having sat down opposite the treasury, saw how the crowd was casting money into the treasury; and many rich cast in much.
 42And a poor widow came and cast in two mites, which is a farthing.
 43And having called his disciples to him he said to them, Verily I say unto you, This poor widow has cast in more than all who have cast into the treasury:
 44for all have cast in of that which they had in abundance, but she of her destitution has cast in all that she had, the whole of her living. (Mark 12:41‑44)
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Mark 14:6‑8• 6But Jesus said, Let her alone; why do ye trouble her? she has wrought a good work as to me;
 7for ye have the poor always with you, and whenever ye would ye can do them good; but me ye have not always.
 8What *she* could she has done. She has beforehand anointed my body for the burial. (Mark 14:6‑8)
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2 Cor. 8:2‑3,12• 2that 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.
 3For according to their power, I bear witness, and beyond their power, they were willing of their own accord,
 12For if the readiness be there, a man is accepted according to what he may have, not according to what he has not. (2 Cor. 8:2‑3,12)
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Prov. 19:1• 1Better is a poor man that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. (Prov. 19:1)
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Job 6:15• 15My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a stream, as the channel of streams which pass away, (Job 6:15)
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Job 17:5• 5He that betrayeth friends for a prey--even the eyes of his children shall fail. (Job 17:5)
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Psa. 62:9• 9Men of low degree are only vanity; men of high degree, a lie: laid in the balance, they go up together lighter than vanity. (Psa. 62:9)
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Titus 1:2• 2in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the ages of time, (Titus 1:2)
• A kindly, benevolent spirit appeals to all men, and charms by its unselfishness and thoughtfulness for others. But to promise large things while unable to perform them is reprehensible. It is far better to be poor and frankly admit one’s inability to do what the heart might desire than to promise largely and be at last proven untrustworthy. (“Proverbs Nineteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The charm of a man is his kindnessg; and a poor man is better than a liar.

JND Translation Notes

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Chesed. see Note, 2 Chron. 6.42.