Proverbs 14:22
Will not the designers of evil come into error? But mercy and good faith are for the designers of good.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
In Context
21He who has no respect for his neighbour is a sinner, but he who has pity for the poor is happy.
23In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.
Cross References
Genesis 24:27And said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has given a sign that he is good and true to my master, by guiding me straight to the house of my master's family.
2 Chronicles 6:8But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name:
Psalms 61:7\61:6\You will give the king long life; and make his years go on through the generations.
Proverbs 6:14His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.
Proverbs 12:26The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.
Proverbs 19:22The ornament of a man is his mercy, and a poor man is better than one who is false.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:22
21 He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he. See here how men's character and condition are measured and judged of by their conduct towards their poor neighbours. 1. Those that look upon them with contempt have here assigned them a bad character, and their condition will be accordingly: He that despises his neighbour because he is low in the world, because he is of a mean extraction, rustic education, and makes but a mean figure, that thinks it below him to take… Read the whole commentary →