Proverbs 14:9
Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but amongst the upright there is good will.
World English Bible British
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 is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.
10The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger.
Cross References
Job 34:7What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water,
Proverbs 3:4So you will find favour, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Proverbs 10:23It is a fool’s pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding’s pleasure.
Proverbs 13:15Good understanding wins favour, but the way of the unfaithful is hard.
Proverbs 30:20“So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
Jude 1:18They said to you, “In the last time there will be mockers, walking after their own ungodly lusts.”
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 →