Proverbs 14:9
Fools make a mock at trespass; but for the upright there is favour.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
In Context
8The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way; but the folly of the foolish is deceit.
10The heart knoweth its own bitterness, and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.
Cross References
Job 34:7What man is like Job? he drinketh up scorning like water,
Proverbs 3:4and thou shalt find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Proverbs 10:23It is as sport to a foolish [man] to do wickedness; but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
Proverbs 13:15Good understanding procureth favour; but the way of the treacherous is hard.
Proverbs 30:20Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
Jude 1:18that they said to you, that at [the] end of the time there should be mockers, walking after their own lusts of ungodlinesses.
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 →