Proverbs 14:9

¶ Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous [there is] favour.

Fools {H191} make a mock {H3887} at sin {H817}: but among the righteous {H3477} there is favour {H7522}.

Guilt offerings make a mockery of fools; but among the upright there is good will.

Fools mock the making of amends, but goodwill is found among the upright.

A trespass-offering mocketh fools; But among the upright there is good will.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 10:23 (5 votes)

    ¶ [It is] as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

  • Proverbs 26:18 (5 votes)

    ¶ As a mad [man] who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,

  • Proverbs 26:19 (5 votes)

    So [is] the man [that] deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

  • Romans 14:17 (5 votes)

    For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

  • Romans 14:18 (5 votes)

    For he that in these things serveth Christ [is] acceptable to God, and approved of men.

  • Proverbs 30:20 (4 votes)

    Such [is] the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

  • Proverbs 13:15 (4 votes)

    ¶ Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors [is] hard.