Proverbs 14:9
Fools mock at sin, but among the upright there is good will.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
In Context
8The wisdom of a prudent man is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.
10The heart knows its own bitterness, and a stranger does not intermeddle with its joy.
Cross References
Job 34:7What man is like Job, who drinks up scorning like water,
Proverbs 3:4so thou shall find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Proverbs 10:23It is as sport to a fool to do mischief, and [so is] wisdom to a man of understanding.
Proverbs 13:15Good understanding gives favor, but the way of the transgressor is hard.
Proverbs 30:20So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no iniquity.
Jude 1:18that they told you that there will be scoffers during the last time, going according to their own desires of irreverences.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:9
8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit. See here, 1. The good conduct of a wise and good man; he manages himself well. It is not the wisdom of the learned, which consists only in speculation, that is here recommended, but the wisdom of the prudent, which is practical, and is of use to direct our counsels and actions. Christian prudence consists in a right understanding of our way; for we are travellers, whose concern it is, not to spy wonders, but to get forward… Read the whole commentary →