New English Translation
Proverbs 14:9
9Fools mock at reparation, but among the upright there is favor.
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
7Leave the presence of a foolish person, or you will not understand wise counsel. 8The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception. Fools mock at reparation, but among the upright there is favor. 10The heart knows its own bitterness, and with its joy no one else can share. 11The household 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
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Cross-references for Proverbs 14:9
- Proverbs 1:22“How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 10:23Carrying out a wicked scheme is enjoyable to a fool, and so is wisdom for the one who has discernment.
- Proverbs 26:18Like a madman who shoots firebrands and deadly arrows,
- Proverbs 30:20This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, “I have not done wrong.”
- Job 15:16how much less man, who is abominable and corrupt, who drinks in evil like water!
- Job 34:7What man is like Job, who drinks derision like water!
- Jude 1:18For they said to you, “In the end time there will come scoffers, propelled by their own ungodly desires.”
- Proverbs 3:4Then you will find favor and good understanding, in the sight of God and people.
- Proverbs 8:35For the one who finds me finds life and receives favor from the Lord.
- Proverbs 12:2A good person obtains favor from the Lord, but the Lord condemns a person with wicked schemes.
- Proverbs 13:15Keen insight wins favor, but the conduct of the unfaithful is harsh.
- Romans 14:17For the kingdom of God does not consist of food and drink, 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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