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Do notהֲלוֹאthose who plotחֹרְשֵׁיevilרָעgo astray?יִתְעוּBut loyal loveוְחֶסֶדand faithfulnessוֶאֱמֶתare for those who plotחֹרְשֵׁיgood.טוֹב
Proverbs 14:22
Study it in the app“Do not those who plot evil go astray? But loyal love and faithfulness are for those who plot good.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 14:22, word by word
- those who plotחֹרְשֵׁיchorshe
plot
To plot evil in secret against someone.
Where else “chorshe” appears- evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- go astrayיִתְעוּyitu
wander, go astray
Wander, go astray, be lost; in the causative form, make wander, lead astray.
Where else “yitu” appears- But loyal loveחֶסֶדchesed
faithfulness
Loyal love between people, faithfulness and kindness.
Where else “chesed” appears- and faithfulnessאֱמֶתemet
faithfulness
That one can rely on him because he keeps his word.
Where else “emet” appears- goodטוֹבtov
what is right
What is right and just, which God approves, the opposite of evil.
Where else “tov” appears
The context
21Whoever despises his neighbor sins, but whoever shows favor to the humble, happy is he.
22 · This verse (above)
23In all toil there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to need.