Proverbs 14:9

In 11 translations

BSB

Fools mock the making of amends, but goodwill is found among the upright.

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

The foole maketh a mocke of sinne: but among the righteous there is fauour.

JPS

Amends pleadeth for fools; but among the upright there is good will.

LXXE

The houses of transgressors will need purification; but the houses of the just are acceptable.Gr. shall owe. See Job 6. 21.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

אֱ֭וִלִים יָלִ֣יץ אָשָׁ֑ם וּבֵ֖ין יְשָׁרִ֣ים רָצֽוֹן׃

LXX-Br

Οἰκίαι παρανόμων ὀφειλήσουσι καθαρισμὸν, οἰκίαι δὲ δικαίων δεκταί.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Romans 14:17–18For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.
• Proverbs 26:18–19Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows, so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
• Proverbs 10:23The fool delights in shameful conduct, but a man of understanding has wisdom.
• Proverbs 13:15Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult.
• Jude 1:18when they said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”
• Proverbs 30:20This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
• Proverbs 8:35For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.
• Job 34:7–9What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water? He keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men. For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’
• Proverbs 3:4Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.
• Proverbs 12:2The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.
• 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?
• Job 15:16how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?

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