Proverbs Chapter 14 verse 22 Holy Bible
Do they not err that devise evil? But mercy and truth `shall be to' them that devise good.
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Will not the designers of evil come into error? But mercy and good faith are for the designers of good.
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Do they not err that devise evil? but loving-kindness and truth are for those that devise good.
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Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
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Don't they go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.
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Do not they err who are devising evil? And kindness and truth `are' to those devising good,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 22. - Do they not err that devise evil? or, Will they not go astray? The question is an emphatic mode of asserting the truth. They who meditate and practise evil (Proverbs 3:29; Proverbs 6:14) go astray from the right way - the way of life; their views are distorted, and they no longer see their proper course. Thus the remorseful voluptuary bemoans himself, "We have erred from the way of truth, and the light of righteousness hath not shined unto us We wearied ourselves in the way of wickedness and destruction; yea, we have gone through deserts, where there lay no way; but as for the way of the Lord, we have not known it" (Wisd. 5:6, etc.), Mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good. God's blessing will rest upon them. The combination of "mercy and truth" is found in Psalm 61:7; in Wisd. 3:9 and 4:15, and in 1 Timothy 1:2 we have "grace and mercy" (see note on Proverbs 3:3, where the two words occur in connection; and comp. Proverbs 16:6; Proverbs 20:28). The two graces in the text signify the love and mercy which God bestows on the righteous, and the truth and fidelity with which he keeps the promises which he has made. The Vulgate makes the two graces human, not Divine: "Mercy and truth procure blessings." The Septuagint renders, "The good devise mercy and truth." It adds a paraphrase not found in the Hebrew, "The devisers of evil know not mercy and faith; but alms and faith are with the devisers of good."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(22) Do they not err that devise evil?--Comp. Wisdom Of Solomon 5:6-7.Mercy and truth.--God will be merciful, and also fulfil His promises of protection and reward to them (Wisdom Of Solomon 3:9).
