"The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar."
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Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colors, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.
The ornament of a man is his mercy, and a poor man is better than one who is false.
The charm of a man is his kindness; and a poor [man] is better than a liar.
The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.
The desirableness of a man `is' his kindness, And better `is' the poor than a liar.