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Proverbs 14:9 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 14 · verse 9
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.Proverbs 14:9 · King James Version
Proverbs 14:9 in context
7Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
9Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
10The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
11The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- righteousyâshârstraightH3477 →
- FoolsʼĕvîylsillyH191 →
- mocklûwtsproperly, to make mouths atH3887 →
- sinʼâshâmguiltH817 →
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See here, 1. How wicked people are hardened in their wickedness: they make a mock at sin. They make a laughing matter of the sins of others, making themselves and their companions merry with that for which they should mourn, and they make a light matter of their own sins, both when they are tempted to sin and when…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary