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Proverbs 14:22
Proverbs 14:22 is verse 22 of Proverbs chapter 14, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Do not those who contrive evil go astray? But those who plan goodness find loving devotion and faithfulness.
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King James Version
Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
World English Bible
Don’t they go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.
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Proverbs 14:20–24 · Berean Standard Bible
20 The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.
21 He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.
22 Do not those who contrive evil go astray? But those who plan goodness find loving devotion and faithfulness.
23 There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
24 The crown of the wise is their wealth, but the effort of fools is folly.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 14:17A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.
Proverbs 12:2The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.
Isaiah 32:7The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
Isaiah 32:8But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
Genesis 24:27saying, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”
Psalms 25:10All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.
Psalms 61:7May he sit enthroned in God’s presence forever; appoint Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness to guard him.
Matthew 5:7Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
John 1:17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Proverbs 19:22The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.
2 Chronicles 6:8But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.