It is far better to have a heart to do good, and want ability for it, than to have ability for it, and want a heart to it.
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Proverbs 19:22
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commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 19:1-29EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 19:22Note, 1. The honour of doing good is what we may laudably be ambitious of. It cannot but be the desire of man, if he have any spark of virtue in him, to be kind; one would not covet an estate for any thing so much as th…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 19:22The desire of a man is his kind. nose. The Revised Version rather paraphrases the clause, The desire of a man is the measure of his kindness; i.e. the wish and intention to do good is that which gives its real value to…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 19:22-29Mixed maxims of life-wisdom I. HUMAN KINDNESS. (Proverbs 19:22.) There is no purer delight than in the feelings of love and the practical exercise of universal kindness. If the mere pleasure of the selfish and the benev…Joseph S. Exell and contributors