Proverbs 24:9
The scheme of folly is chattat (sin), 1 and the scoffer is a to'evah to adam (man). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
In Context
8He that plotteth to do evil shall be called 1 a ba'al mezimmot (master of schemes). 1
10If thou faint in the yom tzarah, 1 thy strength is small. 1
Cross References
Genesis 8:21And Hashem smelled a re'ach hannichoach; and Hashem said in His lev, I will not again curse the adamah any more ba'avur (because of) haAdam; for the yetzer of the lev haAdam is rah from his ne'urim (youth, childhood); neither will I again strike any more every thing living, as I have done. 1
Proverbs 22:10Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall leave; 1 indeed, strife and kalon (shame) shall cease. 1
Proverbs 24:8He that plotteth to do evil shall be called 1 a ba'al mezimmot (master of schemes). 1
Isaiah 55:7Let the rasha forsake his derech, 1 and the ish aven his machshevot; 1 and let him return unto Hashem, 1 and He will have rachamim upon him; 1 and to Eloheinu, for He will abundantly pardon. 1
Matthew 5:28But I say to you that everyone looking upon a woman with taavah (lust) for her has already committed niuf (adultery) with her in his heart.
Matthew 15:19For out of the lev comes evil machshavot (thoughts): retzichot (murders), niufim (adulteries), zenunim (fornications), genevot (thefts), eduyot sheker (false testimonies), giddufim (revilements).
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 →