Proverbs 14:22

World English Bible (2000)

Don't they go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 12:2 : 2 A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices.
  • Prov 14:17 : 17 He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.
  • Prov 19:22 : 22 That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.
  • Isa 32:7-8 : 7 The ways of the scoundrel are evil. He devises wicked devices to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right. 8 But the noble devises noble things; and he will continue in noble things.
  • Matt 5:7 : 7 Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
  • John 1:17 : 17 For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
  • Gen 24:27 : 27 He said, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his loving kindness and his truth toward my master. As for me, Yahweh has led me in the way to the house of my master's relatives."
  • 2 Chr 6:8 : 8 But Yahweh said to David my father, 'Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart:
  • Ps 25:10 : 10 All the paths of Yahweh are loving kindness and truth to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
  • Ps 61:7 : 7 He shall be enthroned in God's presence forever. Appoint your loving kindness and truth, that they may preserve him.
  • Prov 3:29 : 29 Don't devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 12:20-22
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    20 Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace.

    21 No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

    22 Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight.

  • Prov 24:8
    77%

    8 One who plots to do evil will be called a schemer.

  • Prov 11:27
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    27 He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

  • Ps 125:4
    74%

    4 Do good, Yahweh, to those who are good, to those who are upright in their hearts.

  • Mic 2:1
    73%

    1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

  • Prov 14:21
    73%

    21 He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who has pity on the poor.

  • Prov 12:2
    72%

    2 A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices.

  • Isa 32:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7 The ways of the scoundrel are evil. He devises wicked devices to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.

    8 But the noble devises noble things; and he will continue in noble things.

  • Prov 11:17-19
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    71%

    17 The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

    18 Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

    19 He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.

  • Prov 28:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5 Evil men don't understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.

    6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

  • Prov 21:21
    71%

    21 He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor.

  • Prov 24:2
    71%

    2 for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about mischief.

  • Isa 31:2
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    2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who work iniquity.

  • Ps 36:4
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    4 He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He doesn't abhor evil.

  • Prov 17:20
    71%

    20 One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Prov 13:21
    71%

    21 Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

  • Prov 14:23
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    23 In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

  • Prov 28:10
    70%

    10 Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good.

  • Prov 16:6
    70%

    6 By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.

  • Ps 34:14
    70%

    14 Depart from evil, and do good. seek peace, and pursue it.

  • Ps 37:21
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    21 The wicked borrow, and don't pay back, but the righteous give generously.

  • Prov 2:14
    70%

    14 who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil;

  • Ps 21:11
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    11 For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19 The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Prov 3:29
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    29 Don't devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.

  • Ps 15:2
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    2 He who walks blamelessly does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart;

  • Ps 38:20
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    20 They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.

  • Jer 18:11
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    11 Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return you now everyone from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.

  • Mic 7:3
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    3 Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.

  • Prov 17:13
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    13 Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

  • Ps 32:10
    70%

    10 Many sorrows come to the wicked, but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts in Yahweh.

  • Ps 37:27
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    27 Depart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever.

  • Prov 13:15
    70%

    15 Good understanding wins favor; but the way of the unfaithful is hard.

  • Prov 14:31
    69%

    31 He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

  • Prov 12:5
    69%

    5 The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

  • Prov 21:7
    69%

    7 The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

  • Prov 11:3
    69%

    3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

  • Ps 112:5
    69%

    5 It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.

  • Ps 10:2
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    2 In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

  • Prov 6:14
    69%

    14 in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

  • Prov 21:15
    69%

    15 It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

  • Prov 19:22
    69%

    22 That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.

  • Prov 16:30
    69%

    30 One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.

  • Job 22:18
    69%

    18 Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.