Matthew Poole and continuators on Proverbs 14:22

22 Do they not err that devised evil ? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good .

They do certainly err from the right way, and mistake their mark, and shall miss of that advantage and felicity which they promise to themselves by such practices.

That do not onely commit it but make it their design, and study, and business, that are Artists or Masters in it, as the word signifies.

Either 1. mischief to men. Or 2. any kind of wickedness against God or men; for the expression is general; and this seems best to agree to the following Clause.

Either 1. from men; Men shall deal truly and kindly with them, partly because such men by their carriage oblige them to do so, and partly because God inclineth their hearts to it. Or 2. from God to whom these two properties are jointly ascribed in divers places of Scripture.

That designedly and industriously apply themselves to the doing of all good offices to God and men.