Proverbs 14:22
in Proverbs 14Do not those who contrive evil go astray? But those who plan goodness find loving devotion and faithfulness.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Do they not err that devise evil? But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
KJV
Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
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This verse in Proverbs 14
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Do not those who contrive evil go astray?
on Proverbs 14:22-25
Verse 22 asks, “Do not those who contrive evil go astray?” and answers that “those who plan goodness find loving devotion and faithfulness,” one Hebrew verb serving plans toward ruin and toward kindness. “A truthful witness saves lives,” the same integrity tested in a courtroom.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Do they not err that devise evil?....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Err - In the sense of wandering from the right way, the way of life.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הֲֽלוֹא־ | halo'- | ¿ not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִ֭תְעוּ | yitu | do they go astray | H8582 → | 50 times |
| חֹ֣רְשֵׁי | choreshei | devisers of | H2790 → | 74 times |
| רָ֑ע | ra' | evil | H7451 → | 662 times |
| וְחֶ֥סֶד | vechesed | and loyalty | H2617 → | 247 times |
| וֶ֝אֱמֶ֗ת | veemet | and faithfulness | H571 → | 127 times |
| חֹ֣רְשֵׁי | choreshei | devisers of | H2790 → | 74 times |
| טֽוֹב׃ | tov | good | H2896 → | 538 times |
הֲֽלוֹא־¿ not
halo'-H3808 →5168 times
יִ֭תְעוּdo they go astray
yituH8582 →50 times
חֹ֣רְשֵׁיdevisers of
choresheiH2790 →74 times
רָ֑עevil
ra'H7451 →662 times
וְחֶ֥סֶדand loyalty
vechesedH2617 →247 times
וֶ֝אֱמֶ֗תand faithfulness
veemetH571 →127 times
חֹ֣רְשֵׁיdevisers of
choresheiH2790 →74 times
טֽוֹב׃good
tovH2896 →538 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 5:7Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
it leads to
- Ephesians 4:32
Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
- Matthew 6:14–15
For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
- 2 Samuel 22:26
To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
- Matthew 18:33–35
Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’
- Psalms 18:25
To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
- Ephesians 4:32
Through
John 1:17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
it leads to
- Romans 6:14
For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
- John 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
- Romans 5:20–21
The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
- Romans 6:14
Where this verse is studied
About Proverbs
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Charles Bridges, An Exposition of the Book of Proverbs; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).