Proverbs 14:22
Do not those who contrive evil go astray? But those who plan goodness find loving devotion and faithfulness.
Majority Standard Bible
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 despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.
23There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Cross References
Genesis 24:27saying, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”
2 Chronicles 6:8But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.
Psalms 61:7May he sit enthroned in God’s presence forever; appoint Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness to guard him.
Proverbs 6:14With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
Proverbs 12:26A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.
Proverbs 19:22The desire of a man is loving devotion; 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 →