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Proverbs 14:9
9Fools mock at making amends for sin, but goodwill is found 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Fools make fun of guilt, but the godly acknowledge it and seek reconciliation.
Context of Proverbs 14:9
7Stay away from a fool, for you will not find knowledge on their lips. 8The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways, but the folly of fools is deception. Fools mock at making amends for sin, but goodwill is found among the upright. 10Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can share 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 will you who are simple love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 10:23A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes, but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.
- Proverbs 26:18Like a maniac shooting flaming arrows of death
- Proverbs 30:20“This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I’ve done nothing wrong.’
- Job 15:16how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt, who drink up evil like water!
- Job 34:7Is there anyone like Job, who drinks scorn like water?
- Jude 1:18They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.”
- Proverbs 3:4Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.
- Proverbs 8:35For those who find me find life and receive favor from the Lord.
- Proverbs 12:2Good people obtain favor from the Lord, but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.
- Proverbs 13:15Good judgment wins favor, but the way of the unfaithful leads to their destruction.
- Romans 14:17For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of 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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