Proverbs 14:9
Fools mock at guilt, 1 but among the yesharim (upright ones) there is ratzon (favor). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
In Context
10The lev knoweth its own bitterness, 1 and a zar (stranger) doth not share its simchah. 1
Cross References
Job 34:7What gever is like Iyov, 1 who drinketh up the scorn [of his friends] like mayim? 1
Proverbs 3:4So shalt thou find chen and seichel tov 1 in the eyes of Elohim and adam. 1
Proverbs 10:23It is as sport to a kesil to do zimmah (evil design), 1 but an ish tevunah (man of understanding) hath chochmah. 1
Proverbs 13:15Seichel tov giveth favor, 1 but the derech bogedim (way of traitors) is hard. 1
Proverbs 30:20Such is the derech isha mena'efet (way of an adulterous woman): 1 she eateth, and wipeth her peh (mouth), 1 and saith, I have done no wrong. 1
Jude 1:18Because they were telling you that at Acharit HaYamim (the End of Days), there will be leitzim + 1:18 Ps 1:1 (scoffers) walking according to their ta'avot (lusts) without yires-hakoved.
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 →