Proverbs 14:9

Fools mock when the guilt offering is sacrificed, 1 but among the upright favor is shared. 1

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Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

In Context

8The wisdom of the prudent person is to understand his own way, 1 but the folly of fools is deception. 1

10The heart knows its own bitterness 1 and no stranger shares its joy. 1

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Cross References

Job 34:7What man is like Job, 1 who drinks up mockery like water, 1

Proverbs 3:4Then you will find favor and a good reputation 1 in the sight of God and man. 1

Proverbs 10:23Wickedness is a game a fool plays, 1 but wisdom is a pleasure to a man of understanding. 1

Proverbs 13:15Good insight wins favor, 1 but the way of the treacherous is never-ending. 1

Proverbs 30:20This is the way of an adulteress: 1 she eats and she wipes her mouth 1 and says, “I have done nothing wrong.” 1

Jude 1:18They said to you, “In the last time there will be mockers who will follow their own ungodly desires.”

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 →

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