Parallel Verses
Amplified
Do they not go astray who devise evil and wander from the way of righteousness?
But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.
New American Standard Bible
But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.
King James Version
Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
Holman Bible
But those who plan good find loyalty and faithfulness.
International Standard Version
Won't those who plot evil go astray? But gracious love and truth are for those who plan what is good.
A Conservative Version
Do they not err who devise evil? But mercy and truth [are to] those who devise good.
American Standard Version
Do they not err that devise evil? But mercy and truth'shall be to them that devise good.
Bible in Basic English
Will not the designers of evil come into error? But mercy and good faith are for the designers of good.
Darby Translation
Do they not err that devise evil? but loving-kindness and truth are for those that devise good.
Julia Smith Translation
Shall they not go astray, seeking evil? and mercy, and truth to those seeking good.
King James 2000
Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Have they not erred, those who plan evil? But loyalty and faithfulness [belong to] those who plan good.
Modern King James verseion
Do not those who think evil go astray? But mercy and truth shall be to those who think of good.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They that imagine wickedness, shall be disappointed; but they that muse upon good things, unto such shall happen mercy and faithfulness.
NET Bible
Do not those who devise evil go astray? But those who plan good exhibit faithful covenant love.
New Heart English Bible
Do they not go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.
The Emphasized Bible
Shall they not, become vagrants, who devise evil? but, lovingkindness and faithfulness, be to them who devise good.
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
Do not they err who are devising evil? And kindness and truth are to those devising good,
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 14:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
21
He who despises his neighbor sins [against God and his fellow man],
But happy [blessed and favored by God] is he who is gracious and merciful to the poor.
Do they not go astray who devise evil and wander from the way of righteousness?
But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.
In all labor there is profit,
But mere talk leads only to poverty.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 12:2
A good man will obtain favor from the Lord,
But He will condemn a man who devises evil.
Genesis 24:27
He said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not denied His lovingkindness and His truth to my master. As for me, the Lord led me to the house of my master’s brothers.”
2 Chronicles 6:8
But the Lord said to my father David, ‘Because it was
Psalm 25:10
All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and goodness and truth and faithfulness
To those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.
Psalm 61:7
He will sit enthroned forever before [the face of] God;
Appoint lovingkindness and truth to watch over and preserve him.
Proverbs 3:29
Do not devise evil against your neighbor,
Who lives securely beside you.
Proverbs 14:17
A quick-tempered man acts foolishly and without self-control,
And a man of wicked schemes is hated.
Proverbs 19:22
That which is desirable in a man is his loyalty and unfailing love,
But it is better to be a poor man than a [wealthy] liar.
Isaiah 32:7-8
As for the rogue, his weapons are evil;
He conceives wicked plans
To ruin the poor with lies,
Even when the plea of the needy one is just and right.
Matthew 5:7
John 1:17
For the Law was given through Moses, but grace [the unearned, undeserved favor of God] and truth came through Jesus Christ.