Proverbs 14:22
"Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good."
Definitions
- err = stray, go astray
- devise = to scratch, to engrave, to fabricate (plan)
- evil = bad
- mercy = kindness, favor, pity
- truth = stability, trustworthiness, assured
Example of This Scripture in the Bible
Daniel 6
- The princes and presidents devised to do evil against Daniel
- The princes and presidents went away from good to plan out evil.
- The king devised good after the fact by fasting all night, tryin to find a way to free Daniel.
- The king received mercy in that his friend lived. He received truth in knowing that Daniel's God is the Living God and also the truth that he had been deceived by the other men.
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