Proverbs 24:9
The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
In Context
8He that devises to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
10If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.
Cross References
Genesis 8:21And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again strike any more every thing living, as I have done.
Proverbs 22:10Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
Proverbs 24:8He that devises to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Matthew 5:28But I say unto you, That whosoever looks on a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Matthew 15:19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
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 →