Proverbs 14:22
Do not they who devise evil fail of their end? But they who devise good meet with kindness and truth.
Noyes 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 despiseth his neighbor sinneth; But happy is he who hath mercy on the poor.
23In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Cross References
Psalms 61:7May he reign for ever before God! Grant that mercy and truth may preserve him!
Proverbs 6:14Fraud is in his heart; He deviseth mischief continually; He scattereth contentions.
Proverbs 12:26The righteous showeth the way to his neighbor; But the way of the wicked leadeth them astray.
Proverbs 19:22The charm of a man is his kindness; And better is a poor man 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 →