Proverbs 14:22

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 12:2 : 2 ¶ A good [man] obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
  • Prov 14:17 : 17 ¶ [He that is] soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
  • Prov 19:22 : 22 ¶ The desire of a man [is] his kindness: and a poor man [is] better than a liar.
  • Isa 32:7-8 : 7 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. 8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
  • Matt 5:7 : 7 ‹Blessed› [are] ‹the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.›
  • John 1:17 : 17 For the law was given by Moses, [but] grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
  • Gen 24:27 : 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 Chr 6:8 : 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:
  • Ps 25:10 : 10 All the paths of the LORD [are] mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
  • Ps 61:7 : 7 He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, [which] may preserve him.
  • Prov 3:29 : 29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

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