Proverbs 24:9
The purpose of folly is sin; And a scoffer is an abomination to men.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
In Context
8He that deviseth to do evil Shall be called mischief-master.
10If thy spirit faint in the day of adversity, Faint will be thy strength.
Cross References
Proverbs 22:10Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and reproach will cease.
Proverbs 24:8He that deviseth to do evil Shall be called mischief-master.
Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him, And to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Matthew 5:28But I say to you, that whoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Matthew 15:19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimony, blasphemies.
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 →