9Fools mock at making amends for sin, but goodwill is found among the upright.


In Context

6 The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.

7 Stay away from a foolish man, for you will not find knowledge on his lips.

8 The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways, but the folly of fools is deception.

9 Fools mock at making amends for sin, but goodwill is found among the upright.

10 Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can share its joy.

11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

Proverbs 14:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:9Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous [there is] favour.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:9A fool will laugh at sin, but among the just grace shall abide.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:9A trespass-offering mocketh fools; But among the upright there is good will.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:9Fools make a mock at trespass; but for the upright there is favour.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:9The foolish make a mock at guilt: but among the upright there is good will.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:9Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favor.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:9Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:9Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright — a pleasing thing.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:9Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favor.