New English Translation
Proverbs 24:9
9A foolish scheme is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to people.
Proverbs 24:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
- New International Version (NIV)The schemes of folly are sin, and people detest a mocker.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The devising of folly is sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to mankind.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The devising of foolishness is sin, And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
Context of Proverbs 24:9
7Wisdom is unattainable for a fool; in court he does not open his mouth. 8The one who plans to do evil will be called a scheming person. A foolish scheme is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to people. 10If you faint in the day of trouble, your strength is small! 11Deliver those being taken away to death, and hold back those slipping to the slaughter.
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זִמַּ֣ת אִוֶּ֣לֶת חַטָּ֑את וְתוֹעֲבַ֖ת לְאָדָ֣ם לֵֽץ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 24:9
- Proverbs 24:8The one who plans to do evil will be called a scheming person.
- Proverbs 23:7for he is like someone calculating the cost in his mind. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you;
- Genesis 6:5But the Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was only evil all the time.
- Genesis 8:21And the Lord smelled the soothing aroma and said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, even though the inclination of their minds is evil from childhood on. I will never again destroy everything that lives, as I have just done.
- Psalms 119:113I hate people with divided loyalties, but I love your law.
- Isaiah 55:7The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the Lord, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them.
- Jeremiah 4:14“Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil so that you may yet be delivered. How long will you continue to harbor up wicked schemes within you?
- Matthew 5:28But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
- Matthew 9:4When Jesus saw their reaction he said, “Why do you respond with evil in your hearts?
- Matthew 15:19For out of the heart come evil ideas, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
- Acts 8:22Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that he may perhaps forgive you for the intent of your heart.
- 2 Corinthians 10:5and every arrogant obstacle that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey Christ.
- Proverbs 22:10Drive out the scorner and contention will leave; strife and insults will cease.
- Proverbs 29:8Scornful people inflame a city, but those who are wise turn away wrath.
Commentaries on Proverbs 24:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9The thought of foolishness is sin - חטאת אולת זמת zimmath ivveleth chattath . "The device of folly is transgression;" or, "an evil purpose is sinful;" or, perhaps more literally, "the device of the foolish is sin." It has been variously understood by the versions. "The cunning: of the fool is sin." - Targum. "The imprudent man (or fool, ) shall die in sins." - Septuagint. So the Arabic. The thinkynge of the fool is synne - Old MS. Bible. Fool is here…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-9Verses 7-9 A weak man thinks wisdom is too high for him, therefore he will take no pains for it. It is bad to do evil, but worse to devise it. Even the first risings of sin in the heart are sin, and must be repented of. Those that strive to make others hateful, make themselves so.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9Saying 23: Fools separate themselves from the community because they do bad things.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Same thought varied.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 24
- 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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