Proverbs 14 · Verse 9

Proverbs 14:9

Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
Proverbs 14:9, King James Version

Proverbs 14:9 in other translations

BSBFools mock the making of amends, but goodwill is found among the upright.
WEBFools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will.
ASVA trespass-offering mocketh fools; But among the upright there is good will.
YLTFools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright--a pleasing thing.
DARBYFools make a mock at trespass; but for the upright there is favour.
BBEIn the tents of those hating authority there is error, but in the house of the upright man there is grace.
WebsterFools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favor.

What does Proverbs 14:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. Fools make a mock at sin--or, "Sin deludes fools." righteous ... favour--that is, of God, instead of the punishment of sin.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Fools make a mock at sin - And only fools would do so. But he that makes a sport of sinning, will find it no sport to suffer the vengeance of an eternal fire. Some learned men by their criticisms have brought this verse into embarrassments, out of which they were not able to extricate it. I believe we shall not come much nearer the sense than our present version does.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Foolish and profane men consider sin a mere trifle, to be made light of rather than mourned over. Fools mock at the sin-offering; but those that make light of sin, make light of Christ.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 14:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֱ֭וִלִים'E.vi.limfoolsH191
יָלִ֣יץya.Litzhe mocksH3887
אָשָׁ֑ם'a.ShamguiltH817
וּבֵ֖יןu.Veinand [is] betweenH996
יְשָׁרִ֣יםye.sha.Rimupright [people]H3477
רָצֽוֹן\׃ra.TzonfavorH7522

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 14:9

  • Proverbs 10:23

    It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

  • Romans 14:17-18

    For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.

  • Proverbs 26:18-19

    As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

  • Proverbs 13:15

    Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.

  • Proverbs 30:20

    Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

  • Jude 1:18

    How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

  • Proverbs 8:35

    For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord.

  • Proverbs 3:4

    So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

  • Proverbs 12:2

    A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

  • Job 34:7-9

    What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men. For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

  • Proverbs 1:22

    How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

  • Job 15:16

    How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Fools.
1:22; 10:23; 26:18,19; 30:20; Job 15:16; 34:7-9; Jude 1:18
among.
3:4; 8:35; 12:2; 13:15; Ro 14:17,18

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Context

  • Proverbs 14:8

    The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Proverbs 14:9

    Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

  • Proverbs 14:10

    The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

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Proverbs 14:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Los necios se mofan del pecado: mas entre los rectos hay favor.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Les fous se moquent du péché, mais pour les hommes droits il y a faveur.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Die Schuld spottet der Narren, aber unter den Aufrichtigen ist Wohlwollen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Stultus illudet peccatum, et inter justos morabitur gratia.