Proverbs 14:9
Stupid people laugh at sin, but good people want forgiveness.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
In Context
10The mind alone knows its sadness, and no one else can share its happiness.
Cross References
Job 34:7Has there ever been a man like Job with such a thirst for ridiculing others?
Proverbs 3:4That way you'll gain a good reputation and be appreciated by both God and people.
Proverbs 10:23Stupid people think it's fun to do wrong, but someone who has wisdom understands what's right.
Proverbs 13:15Good sense earns appreciation, but the way of the unfaithful is hard.
Proverbs 30:20This is the way of a woman who commits adultery: she eats, she wipes her mouth, and then says, “I haven't done anything wrong!”
Jude 1:18They explained to you that in the last times mockers would come, following their own wicked 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 →