Proverbs 24:9
The thought of folly [is] sin, || And a scorner [is] an abomination to man.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
In Context
8Whoever is devising to do evil, || They call him a master of wicked thoughts.
10You have showed yourself weak in a day of adversity, || Your power is restricted,
Cross References
Genesis 8:21and YHWH smells the refreshing fragrance, and YHWH says to His heart, “I do not continue to disfavor the ground because of man anymore, though the imagination of the heart of man [is] evil from his youth; and I do not continue to strike all living anymore, as I have done;
Proverbs 22:10Cast out a scorner—and contention goes out, || And strife and shame cease.
Proverbs 24:8Whoever is devising to do evil, || They call him a master of wicked thoughts.
Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked forsake his way, || And the man of iniquity his thoughts, || And he returns to YHWH, || And He pities him, || And to our God, || For He multiplies to pardon.
Matthew 5:28but I say to you that everyone who is looking on a woman to desire her, already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Matthew 15:19for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, slanders:
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:8-10
The Malicious and the Scornful. 7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate. 8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person. 9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men. Here is the description, 1. Of a weak man: Wisdom is too high for him; he thinks it so, and therefore, despairing to attain it, he will take no pains in the pursuit of it, but sit down content without it. And really it is so; he has not capacity for it, and therefore… Read the whole commentary →