New King James Version
Proverbs 14:9
9Fools mock at sin, 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 Living Translation (NLT)Fools make fun of guilt, but the godly acknowledge it and seek reconciliation.
Context of Proverbs 14:9
7Go from the presence of a foolish man, When you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge. 8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, But the folly of fools is deceit. Fools mock at sin, But among the upright there is favor. 10The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its joy. 11The house of the wicked will be overthrown, 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, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge.
- Proverbs 10:23To do evil is like sport to a fool, But a man of understanding has wisdom.
- Proverbs 26:18Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death,
- Proverbs 30:20This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, “I have done no wickedness.”
- Job 15:16How much less man, who is abominable and filthy, Who drinks iniquity like water!
- Job 34:7What man is like Job, Who drinks scorn like water,
- Jude 1:18how they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts.
- Proverbs 3:4And so find favor and high esteem In the sight of God and man.
- Proverbs 8:35For whoever finds me finds life, And obtains favor from the Lord;
- Proverbs 12:2A good man obtains favor from the Lord, But a man of wicked intentions He will condemn.
- Proverbs 13:15Good understanding gains favor, But the way of the unfaithful is hard.
- Romans 14:17for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and 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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