Proverbs 14:9
Fools mock the making of amends, but goodwill is found among the upright.
Berean Standard Bible
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 fools deceives them.
10The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its joy.
Cross References
Job 34:7What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water?
Proverbs 3:4Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.
Proverbs 10:23The fool delights in shameful conduct, but a man of understanding has wisdom.
Proverbs 13:15Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult.
Proverbs 30:20This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
Jude 1:18when they said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”
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 →