Proverbs 14:22
Do they not err that devise evil? but loving-kindness and truth are for those that devise good.
Darby Translation
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 that despiseth his neighbour sinneth; but he that is gracious to the afflicted, happy is he.
23In all labour there is profit; but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to want.
Cross References
Genesis 24:27and said, Blessed be Jehovah, God of my master Abraham, who has not withdrawn his loving-kindness and his faithfulness from my master; I being in the way, Jehovah has led me to the house of my master's brethren.
2 Chronicles 6:8But 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;
Psalms 61:7He shall abide before God for ever: bestow loving-kindness and truth, that they may preserve him.
Proverbs 6:14deceits are in his heart; he deviseth mischief at all times, he soweth discords.
Proverbs 12:26The righteous guideth his neighbour; but the way of the wicked misleadeth them.
Proverbs 19:22The charm of a man is his kindness; and a poor [man] is better than a liar.
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 →