Proverbs 14:22
Do they not err that devise evil? But mercy and truth [shall be to] them that devise good.
American Standard Version
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 neighbor sinneth; But he that hath pity on the poor, happy is he.
23In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.
Cross References
Genesis 24:27And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, who hath not forsaken his lovingkindness and his truth toward my master. As for me, Jehovah hath led me in the way to the house of my master`s brethren.
2 Chronicles 6:8But Jehovah said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart:
Psalms 61:7He shall abide before God for ever: Oh prepare lovingkindness and truth, that they may preserve him.
Proverbs 6:14In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.
Proverbs 12:26The righteous is a guide to his neighbor; But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.
Proverbs 19:22That which maketh a man to be desired 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 →