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


In Context

6 A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent is easy.

7 Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.

8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, And the folly of fools is deceit.

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

10 The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle.

11 The house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourisheth.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:9Fools mock at making amends for sin, but goodwill is found among the upright.

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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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