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Proverbs 14:9
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
Proverbs 14:9 · King James Version
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Proverbs 14:9 in other translations
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.
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 wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
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