Proverbs 14:22 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²²Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

Proverbs 14:22 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 12:2
A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
John 1:17
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Proverbs 19:22
The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
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.

Topics

Anger Cruelty Hatred Heart Malice Mercy Pity Retaliation

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 22)

See here, 1. How miserably mistaken those are that not only do evil, but devise it: Do they not err? Yes, certainly they do; every one knows it. They think that by sinning with craft and contrivance, and carrying on their intrigues with more plot and artifice than others, they shall make a better hand of their sins than others do, and come off better. But they are mistaken. God’s justice cannot be…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 22)

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