Proverbs 14:22
Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
Doe they not erre that deuise euil? but mercy and trueth shall be to them that deuise good.
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- Proverbs 12:2Rank 1 from verse 22
- Matthew 5:7Rank 3 from verse 22
- Psalms 25:10Rank 4 from verse 22
- 2 Chronicles 6:8Rank 5 from verse 22
8But 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:
8But the LORD said to Dauid my father: Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to builde an house for my Name, thou diddest well in that it was in thine heart.
- Genesis 24:27Rank 6 from verse 22
27And 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.
27And hee saide, Blessed bee the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy, and his trueth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my masters brethren.
- Isaiah 32:7–8Rank 7 from verse 22
7The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
8But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
7‖The instruments also of the churle are euill: he deuiseth wicked deuices, to destroy the poore with lying wordes, euen when the needie speaketh right.
8‖But the liberall deuiseth liberall things, and by liberall things shall hee stand.
- Proverbs 14:17Rank 8 from verse 22
- Proverbs 19:22Rank 9 from verse 22
- Proverbs 3:29Rank 10 from verse 22
- Psalms 61:7Rank 11 from verse 22
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Proverbs 14:22
To stray, wander, depart, or be led away from the right way, truth, command, knowledge, or judgment; to be mistaken or wrong.
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To form, plan, purpose, design, or contrive in the mind; to arrange means or work for accomplishing an intended end, whether good or evil.
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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm.
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1. That which is true; conformity to fact or reality. 2. Faithfulness. 3. God's revealed word.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.
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21He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
21*He that despiseth his neighbour, sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poore, happy is he.
22Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
22Doe they not erre that deuise euil? but mercy and trueth shall be to them that deuise good.
Selected passage23In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
23In all labour there is profit: but the talke of the lippes tendeth onely to penury.