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Selected Verse: Proverbs 14:22 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 14:22 |
Strong Concordance |
Do they not err [08582] that devise [02790] evil [07451]? but mercy [02617] and truth [0571] shall be to them that devise [02790] good [02896]. |
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King James |
Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
As usual, the interrogative negative strengthens the affirmative.
mercy and truth--that is, God's (Psa 57:3; Psa 61:7). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Err - In the sense of wandering from the right way, the way of life. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
The proverb terminating (Pro 14:21) with אשׁריו (cf. Pro 16:20) is now followed by one not less singularly formed, commencing with הלא (cf. Pro 8:1).
Will they not go astray who devise evil,
And are not mercy and truth to those who devise good?
The part. חרשׁ signifies both the plougher and the artisan; but on this account to read with Hitzig both times חרשׁי, i.e., machinatores, is nothing less than advisable, since there is connected with this metaphorical חרשׁ, as we have shown at Pro 3:29, not only the idea of fabricating, but also that of ploughing. Just so little is there any reason for changing with Hitzig, against all old translators, יתעוּ into ירעוּ: will it not go ill with them...; the fut. יתעו (cf. Isa 63:17) is not to be touched; the perf. תעו (e.g., Psa 58:4) would denote that those who contrive evil are in the way of error, the fut. on the contrary that they will fall into error (cf. Pro 12:26 with Job 12:24). But if הלא יתעו is the expression of the result which shall certainly come to such, then 22b stands as a contrast adapted thereto: and are not, on the contrary, mercy and truth those who contrive that which is good, i.e., (for that which befalls them, as Pro 13:18, cf. Pro 14:35, is made their attribute) are they not an object of mercy and truth, viz., on the part of God and of men, for the effort which proceeds from love and is directed to the showing forth of good is rewarded by this, that God and men are merciful to such and maintain truth to them, stand in truth to them; for חסד ואמת is to be understood here, as at Pro 3:3, neither of God nor of men exclusively, but of both together: the wicked who contrive evil lose themselves on the way to destruction, but grace and truth are the lot of those who aim at what is good, guarded and guided by which, they reach by a blessed way a glorious end. |
7 He shall abide [03427] before [06440] God [0430] for ever [05769]: O prepare [04487] mercy [02617] and truth [0571], which may preserve [05341] him.
3 He shall send [07971] from heaven [08064], and save [03467] me from the reproach [02778] of him that would swallow me up [07602]. Selah [05542]. God [0430] shall send forth [07971] his mercy [02617] and his truth [0571].
3 Let not mercy [02617] and truth [0571] forsake [05800] thee: bind [07194] them about thy neck [01621]; write [03789] them upon the table [03871] of thine heart [03820]:
35 The king's [04428] favour [07522] is toward a wise [07919] servant [05650]: but his wrath [05678] is against him that causeth shame [0954].
18 Poverty [07389] and shame [07036] shall be to him that refuseth [06544] instruction [04148]: but he that regardeth [08104] reproof [08433] shall be honoured [03513].
24 He taketh away [05493] the heart [03820] of the chief [07218] of the people [05971] of the earth [0776], and causeth them to wander [08582] in a wilderness [08414] where there is no way [01870].
26 The righteous [06662] is more excellent [08446] than his neighbour [07453]: but the way [01870] of the wicked [07563] seduceth [08582] them.
4 Their poison [02534] is like [01823] the poison [02534] of a serpent [05175]: they are like the deaf [02795] adder [06620] that stoppeth [0331] her ear [0241];
17 O LORD [03068], why hast thou made us to err [08582] from thy ways [01870], and hardened [07188] our heart [03820] from thy fear [03374]? Return [07725] for thy servants [05650]' sake, the tribes [07626] of thine inheritance [05159].
29 Devise [02790] not evil [07451] against thy neighbour [07453], seeing he dwelleth [03427] securely [0983] by thee.
1 Doth not wisdom [02451] cry [07121]? and understanding [08394] put forth [05414] her voice [06963]?
20 He that handleth a matter [01697] wisely [07919] shall find [04672] good [02896]: and whoso trusteth [0982] in the LORD [03068], happy [0835] is he.
21 He that despiseth [0936] his neighbour [07453] sinneth [02398]: but he that hath mercy [02603] on the poor [06035] [06041], happy [0835] is he.