Proverbs 14:9
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
King James Version
In Context
8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
10The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
Cross References
Job 34:7What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
Proverbs 3:4So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Proverbs 10:23It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
Proverbs 13:15Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
Proverbs 30:20Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
Jude 1:18How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk 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 →