Proverbs 14:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Fools mock the making of amends, but goodwill is found among the upright.”
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“Fools mock the making of amends, but goodwill is found among the upright.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.”
King James Version · Public Domain“A trespass-offering mocketh fools; But among the upright there is good will.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright--a pleasing thing.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 14:9 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 15:16how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?
- Job 34:7What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water?
- Proverbs 1:22“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 3:4Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.
- Proverbs 8:35For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.
- Proverbs 10:23The fool delights in shameful conduct, but a man of understanding has wisdom.
- Proverbs 12:2The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.
- Proverbs 13:15Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult.
- Proverbs 26:18Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
- Proverbs 30:20This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
- Romans 14:17For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
- Jude 1:18when they said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”
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