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Pro 14:22 — Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth [shall be] to them that devise good.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

err		Pro 14:17; Pro 12:2; Isa 32:7,8
but		Gen 24:27; Psa 25:10; Psa 61:7; Mat 5:7; Jhn 1:17
devise		Pro 19:22; 2Ch 6:8

Correlating Passages

err

	Pro 14:17	[He that is] soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
	Pro 12:2	A good [man] obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
	Isa 32:7	The instruments also of the churl [are] evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
	Isa 32:8	But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

but

	Gen 24:27	And 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.
	Psa 25:10	All the paths of the LORD [are] mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
	Psa 61:7	He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, [which] may preserve him.
	Mat 5:7	Blessed [are] the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
	Jhn 1:17	For the law was given by Moses, [but] grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

devise

	Pro 19:22	The desire of a man [is] his kindness: and a poor man [is] better than a liar.
	2Ch 6:8	But 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:

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Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)

Scott, Thomas. "Proverbs 14:22," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Pro/14/22.html>.

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