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Proverbs 14:22

Shall they not, become vagrants, who devise evil? but, lovingkindness and faithfulness, [be to] them who devise good.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 that sheweth contempt for his neighbour, sinneth, but, he that sheweth favour to the afflicted, how happy is he!

23By all labour, there will be abundance, but, the talk of the lips, tendeth only to want.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:27and said, Blessed be Yahweh. God of my lord Abraham, who hath not withdrawn his lovingkindness and his faithfulness, from my lord,—I—being in the way, Yahweh led me unto the house of the brethren of my lord!

2 Chronicles 6:8Then said Yahweh unto David my father, Because it was near thy heart to build a house for my Name, thou didst well that it was near thy heart:

Psalms 61:7Let him retain his seat age-abidingly before God, Appoint that, lovingkindness and faithfulness, my watch over him!

Proverbs 6:14[Hath] perverse things in his heart, deviseth mischief on every occasion, strifes, he sendeth forth.

Proverbs 12:26The righteous man guideth his neighbour, but, the way of the lawless, leadeth them astray.

Proverbs 19:22The charm of a man, is his lovingkindness,—and better a poor man, than one who deceiveth.

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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