Proverbs 14:22
Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
King James Version
In Context
21He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
23In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Cross References
Genesis 24:27And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master’s brethren.
2 Chronicles 6:8But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:
Psalms 61:7He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
Proverbs 6:14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
Proverbs 12:26The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
Proverbs 19:22The desire of a man 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 →