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Proverbs 14:9
Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright--a pleasing thing.
Proverbs 14:9 · Young's Literal Translation
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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 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.
12 There is a way--right before a man, And its latter end are ways of death.
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