Proverbs 14:22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²² Do not those who plan evil err? Those who plan good find loyalty and faithfulness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² Do they not err that devise evil? But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² Do they not err who devise evil and wander from the way of life? But loving-kindness and mercy, loyalty and faithfulness, shall be to those who devise good.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² Do they not err that devise evil? But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

Common English Bible

²² Don’t those who plan evil go astray? Those who plan good receive loyalty and faithfulness.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² They wander astray who work evil. But mercy and truth prepare good things.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² They err that work evil: but mercy and truth prepare good things.

Proverbs 14:22 Cross References

Genesis 24:27

and said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his steadfast love and his faithfulness toward my master. As for me, the Lord has led me on the way to the house of my master’s kin.”

2 Chronicles 6:8

But the Lord said to my father David, ‘You did well to consider building a house for my name;

Psalm 25:10

All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his decrees.

Psalm 36:4

They plot mischief while on their beds; they are set on a way that is not good; they do not reject evil.

Psalm 61:7

May he be enthroned forever before God; appoint steadfast love and faithfulness to watch over him!

Proverbs 12:2

The good obtain favor from the Lord, but those who devise evil he condemns.

Proverbs 12:26

The righteous are released from misfortune, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

Proverbs 14:17

One who is quick-tempered acts foolishly, and the schemer is hated.

Proverbs 14:23

In all toil there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

Proverbs 19:22

What is desirable in a person is loyalty, and it is better to be poor than a liar.

Proverbs 24:8

Whoever plans to do evil will be called a mischief-maker.

Proverbs 3:29

Do not plan harm against your neighbor who lives trustingly beside you.

Proverbs 3:3

Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.

Proverbs 6:14

with perverted mind devising evil, continually sowing discord;

Micah 2:1

Woe to those who devise wickedness and evil deeds on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in their power.

Matthew 5:7

“Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.

John 1:17

The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Joshua 2:14

The men said to her, “Our life for yours! If you do not tell this business of ours, then we will deal kindly and faithfully with you when the Lord gives us the land.”