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Proverbs 14:9
9Fools mock at making reparation, but there is goodwill among the upright.
Proverbs 14:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
- New International Version (NIV)Fools mock at making amends for sin, but goodwill is found among the upright.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Fools mock at the guilt offering, but the upright enjoy acceptance.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Fools mock at sin, But among the upright there is favor.
Context of Proverbs 14:9
7Stay away from a foolish person; you will gain no knowledge from his speech. 8The sensible person’s wisdom is to consider his way, but the stupidity of fools deceives them. Fools mock at making reparation, but there is goodwill among the upright. 10The heart knows its own bitterness, and no outsider shares in its joy. 11The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
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אֱ֭וִלִים יָלִ֣יץ אָשָׁ֑ם וּבֵ֖ין יְשָׁרִ֣ים רָצֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 14:9
- Proverbs 1:22“How long, inexperienced ones, will you love ignorance? How long will you mockers enjoy mocking and you fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 10:23As shameful conduct is pleasure for a fool, so wisdom is for a person of understanding.
- Proverbs 26:18Like a madman who throws flaming darts and deadly arrows,
- Proverbs 30:20This is the way of an adulteress: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, “I’ve done nothing wrong.”
- Job 15:16how much less one who is revolting and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?
- Job 34:7What man is like Job? He drinks derision like water.
- Jude 1:18They told you, “In the end time there will be scoffers living according to their own ungodly desires.”
- Proverbs 3:4Then you will find favor and high regard with God and people.
- Proverbs 8:35For the one who finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord,
- Proverbs 12:2One who is good obtains favor from the Lord, but he condemns a person who schemes.
- Proverbs 13:15Good sense wins favor, but the way of the treacherous never changes.
- Romans 14:17for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Commentaries on Proverbs 14:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Fools make a mock at sin - And only fools would do so. But he that makes a sport of sinning, will find it no sport to suffer the vengeance of an eternal fire. Some learned men by their criticisms have brought this verse into embarrassments, out of which they were not able to extricate it. I believe we shall not come much nearer the sense than our present version does.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Fools make a mock - The verb in the Heb. is singular, the noun plural. The King James Version assumes that the number is altered to individualize the application of the maxim. Others translate it: “Sin mocks the fools who are its victims,” i. e., disappoints and ruins them; or, “A sin-offering does but mock the worshippers when they are willfully wicked:” they expect to gain God‘s favor, and do not gain it. So taken it becomes parallel to Proverbs 15:8…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9Verse 9 Foolish and profane men consider sin a mere trifle, to be made light of rather than mourned over. Fools mock at the sin-offering; but those that make light of sin, make light of Christ.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9Wise people admit their mistakes and sins, which leads to change and making peace. Fools try to defend themselves by mocking guilt.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Fools make a mock at sin--or, "Sin deludes fools." righteous ... favour--that is, of God, instead of the punishment of sin.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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