Proverbs 14:22

Do not those who plot evil go astray? 1 But those who plan to do good will receive covenant faithfulness and trustworthiness. 1

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Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

In Context

21The one who shows contempt for his neighbor is sinning, 1 but the one who shows favor to the poor is blessed. 1

23With all hard work comes a profit, 1 but when there is only talk, it leads to poverty. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 24:27He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his covenant faithfulness and his trustworthiness toward my master. As for me, Yahweh has led me directly to the house of my master's relatives.”

2 Chronicles 6:8But Yahweh said to David my father, 'In that it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well for it to be in your heart.

Psalms 61:7He will remain before God forever. 1

Proverbs 6:14He plots evil with deceit in his heart; 1 he always stirs up discord. 1

Proverbs 12:26The righteous person is a guide for his friend, 1 but the way of the wicked leads them astray. 1

Proverbs 19:22Loyalty is what a person desires 1 and a poor person is better than a liar. 1

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 →

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