Proverbs 14:9
Fooles make but a sport of sinne: but there is a fauourable loue among the ryghteous.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
In Context
10The heart knoweth his owne soules bitternesse: and the straunger shall not be partaker of his ioy.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:4So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstandyng in the sight of God and men.
Proverbs 10:23A foole doth wickedly, and maketh but a sport of it: but wisdome ruleth the man that hath vnderstandyng.
Proverbs 13:15Good vnderstandyng geueth fauour: but harde is the way of the dispisers.
Proverbs 30:20Such is the way also of a wyfe that breaketh wedlocke, which wypeth her mouth [lyke as] when she hath eaten, and sayth, as for me I haue done no wickednesse.
Jude 1:18Howe that they tolde you, that there shoulde be begilers in ye last tyme, which should walke after their owne vngodly lustes.
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 →