Proverbs 14:9
The houses of transgressors will need purification; 1 But the houses of the just are acceptable. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 will understand their ways; 1 But the folly of fools leads astray. 1
Cross References
Job 34:7What man is as Job, 1 Drinking scorning like water? 1
Proverbs 3:4So shalt thou find favor: and do thou provide things honest 1 In the sight of the Lord, and of men. 1
Proverbs 10:23A fool does mischief in sport; 1 But wisdom brings forth prudence for a man. 1
Proverbs 13:15Sound discretion gives favor, 1 And to know the law is the part of a sound understanding: 1 But the ways of scorners tend to destruction. 1
Proverbs 30:20Such is the way of an adulterous woman, who having washed herself from what she has done, says she has done nothing * amiss.
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 →