Proverbs 14:22

“Say not thou, I will recompense evil, etc.] With evil; do an injury to one that has done one to you; private revenge is not to be taken, but should be left to God, to whom vengeance belongs, (<053235>Deuteronomy 32:35,41); [but] wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee; commit thyself and cause to God; leave it with him to avenge thy wrongs; wait upon him in the way of thy duty, and wait his own time to do thee justice; he will at the proper season, and in his own way, save thee from thine enemy, and make a righteous retribution to him.”

“As usual, the interrogative negative strengthens the affirmative. mercy and truth--that is, God's (Psa 57:3; Psa 61:7).”

“Err - In the sense of wandering from the right way, the way of life. return to 'Top of Page'”

“err: Pro 14:17, Pro 12:2; Isa 32:7, Isa 32:8 but: Gen 24:27; Psa 25:10, Psa 61:7; Mat 5:7; Joh 1:17 devise: Pro 19:22; Ch2 6:8 Proverbs 14:23”

“The proverb terminating ( Pro 14:21) with אשׁריו (cf. Pro 16:20) is now followed by one not less singularly formed, commencing with הלא (cf. Pro 8:1). Will they not go astray who devise evil, And are not mercy and truth to those who devise good? The part. חרשׁ signifies both the plougher and the artisan; but on this account to read with Hitzig both times חרשׁי, i.e., machinatores, is nothing less than advisable, since there is connected with this metaphorical חרשׁ, as we have shown at Pro 3:29, not only the idea of fabricating, but also that of ploughing. Just so little is there any reason for changing with Hitzig, against all old translators, יתעוּ into ירעוּ: will it not go ill with…”