Proverbs 14 · Verse 22

Proverbs 14:22

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

Proverbs 14:22, King James Version

Proverbs 14:22 in other translations

BSB	Do not those who contrive evil go astray? But those who plan goodness find loving devotion and faithfulness.
WEB	Don’t they go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.
ASV	Do they not err that devise evil? But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
YLT	Do not they err who are devising evil? And kindness and truth are to those devising good,
DARBY	Do they not err that devise evil? but loving-kindness and truth are for those that devise good.
BBE	Will not the designers of evil come into error? But mercy and good faith are for the designers of good.
Webster	Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

22. As usual, the interrogative negative strengthens the affirmative. mercy and truth--that is, God's (Psa 57:3; 61:7).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

How wisely those consult their own interest, who not only do good, but devise it!

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הֲֽלוֹא\־halo'-¿ notH3808

יִ֭תְעוּYit.'udo they go astrayH8582

חֹ֣רְשֵׁיCho.re.sheidevisers ofH2790

רָ֑עRa'evilH7451

וְחֶ֥סֶדve.Che.sedand loyaltyH2617

וֶ֝אֱמֶ֗תve.'e.Metand faithfulnessH571

חֹ֣רְשֵׁיCho.re.sheidevisers ofH2790

טֽוֹב\׃TovgoodH2896

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Proverbs 12:2
A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
Matthew 5:7
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
John 1:17
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Psalms 25:10
All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Proverbs 19:22
The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
Isaiah 32:7-8
The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
Proverbs 14:17
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
Genesis 24:27
And 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 6:8
But 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 61:7
He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
Proverbs 3:29
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Proverbs 14:21
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
Proverbs 14:22
Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
Proverbs 14:23
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	¿No yerran los que piensan mal? Misericordia empero y verdad alcanzarán los que piensan bien.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Ceux qui machinent du mal ne s’égarent-ils pas? Mais la bonté et la vérité sont pour ceux qui méditent le bien.
German Elberfelder 1871	Werden nicht irregehen, die Böses schmieden, aber Güte und Wahrheit finden, die Gutes schmieden?
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Errant qui operantur malum; misericordia et veritas præparant bona.