Proverbs 24:9
The thought of folly is sin. And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
In Context
8He who devises to do evil, men shall call him a mischief-maker.
10If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
Cross References
Genesis 8:21And LORD smelled the sweet savor. And LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for that the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I again any more smite everything
Proverbs 22:10Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out, yea, strife and reproach will cease.
Proverbs 24:8He who devises to do evil, men shall call him a mischief-maker.
Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked man forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. And let him return to LORD, and he will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Matthew 5:28But I say to you, that every man who looks on a woman to crave her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Matthew 15:19For from the heart comes forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, FALSE witnessings, revilings.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:8-10
The Malicious and the Scornful. 7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate. 8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person. 9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men. Here is the description, 1. Of a weak man: Wisdom is too high for him; he thinks it so, and therefore, despairing to attain it, he will take no pains in the pursuit of it, but sit down content without it. And really it is so; he has not capacity for it, and therefore… Read the whole commentary →