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Proverbs 14:9
The foole maketh a mocke of sinne: but among the righteous there is fauour.
Proverbs 14:9 · Geneva Bible
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Proverbs 14:9 in other translations
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
Fools mock the making of amends, but goodwill is found among the upright.
Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will.
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In context
6 A scorner seeketh wisdome, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easie to him that will vnderstande.
7 Depart from the foolish man, when thou perceiuest not in him the lippes of knowledge.
8 The wisdome of ye prudent is to vnderstand his way: but the foolishnes of the fooles is deceite.
9 The foole maketh a mocke of sinne: but among the righteous there is fauour.
10 The heart knoweth the bitternes of his soule, and the stranger shall not medle with his ioy.
11 The house of the wicked shalbe destroyed: but the tabernacle of the righteous shall florish.
12 There is a way that seemeth right to a man: but the issues thereof are the wayes of death.
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