Proverbs 14:9
A fool will laugh at sin, but among the just grace shall abide.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
In Context
8The wisdom of a. discreet man is to understand his way: and the imprudence of fools erreth.
Cross References
Job 34:7What man is there like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
Proverbs 3:4And thou shalt And grace and good understanding before God and men.
Proverbs 10:23A fool worketh mischief as it were for sport: but wisdom is prudence to a man.
Proverbs 13:15Good instruction shall give grace: in the way of scorners is a deep pit.
Proverbs 30:20Such is also the way of an adulterous woman, who eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith: I have done no evil.
Jude 1:18Who told you, that in the last time there should come mockers, walking according to their own desires in 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 →