Proverbs 14:9
The fool maketh a mockery of guilt; but among the upright there is good will.
Leeser Tanakh
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 understand his way; but the folly of fools is deceit.
10The heart knoweth its own bitterness; and with its joy can no stranger intermeddle.
Cross References
Job 34:7What man is there like Job, who drinketh scorning like water,
Proverbs 3:4So shalt thou find grace and good favor in the eyes of God and man.
Proverbs 10:23It is as sport to a fool to do wicked deeds; but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
Proverbs 13:15Good intelligence giveth grace; 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 wrong.
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 →