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Proverbs 14:22
Do they not go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.
Proverbs 14:22 · New Heart English Bible
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Proverbs 14:22 in other translations
Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
Do not those who contrive evil go astray? But those who plan goodness find loving devotion and faithfulness.
Don’t they go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.
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In context
19 The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
20 The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends.
21 He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who has pity on the poor.
22 Do they not go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.
23 In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.
24 The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.
25 A truthful witness saves souls, but a false witness is deceitful.
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