Proverbs 14:22
Without doubt they erre that worke wickednesse: but they that muse vpon good thynges, vnto such shall happen mercie and trueth.
Bible (Bishops')
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
21Who so dispiseth his neighbour, sinneth: but blessed is he that hath pitie of the poore.
23In euery labour there is some profite: but vayne wordes bryng foorth onely penurie.
Cross References
Genesis 24:27And sayde: blessed be the Lorde God of my maister Abraham, whiche hath not left destitute my maister of his mercye and trueth: for when I was on my iourney, the Lorde brought me to my maisters brothers house.
Proverbs 6:14He is euer imagining mischiefe and frowardnes in his heart, and causeth discorde.
Proverbs 12:26The ryghteous excelleth his neyghbour: but the way of the vngodly wyll deceaue them selues.
Proverbs 19:22It is a mans worship to do good: and a poore man is better then a lyer.
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 →