Proverbs 14:22
Aren't people who plan to do evil wrong? But those who plan to do good have trustworthy love and faithfulness.
Free Bible 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
21People who look down on their neighbors are sinners, but those who are kind to the poor are blessed.
23There's profit in hard work, but just talking leads to poverty.
Cross References
Genesis 24:27“Thank you Lord, the God of my master Abraham,” he prayed. “You have not forgotten your commitment and faithfulness to my master. And Lord, you have led me directly to the home of my master's relatives!”
2 Chronicles 6:8But the Lord told my father David, ‘You really wanted to build me a Temple to honor me—and it was good for you to want to do this.
Psalms 61:7May he always live in your presence; may your trustworthy love and faithfulness protect him.
Proverbs 6:14Their warped minds plot evil schemes; they're always causing trouble.
Proverbs 12:26Good people look out for their friends, but the way the wicked live leads them astray.
Proverbs 19:22The most desirable thing in anyone is trustworthy love; it is better to be poor 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 →