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Proverbs 14:22 Interlinear

“ Do they not err shall be to them that devise evil but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good”

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Proverbs 14 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	הֲֽלוֹא	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
2	יִ֭תְעוּ	H8582	Do they not err	to vacillate, i.e., reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
3	חֹ֣רְשֵׁי	H2790	shall be to them that devise	to scratch, i.e., (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad
4	רָ֑ע	H7451	evil	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
5	וְחֶ֥סֶד	H2617	but mercy	kindness; by implication (towards god) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
6	וֶ֝אֱמֶ֗ת	H571	and truth	stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
7	חֹ֣רְשֵׁי	H2790	shall be to them that devise	to scratch, i.e., (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad
8	טֽוֹב׃	H2896	good	good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good

Proverbs 14:22 (current) Do they not err shall be to them that devise evil but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good