Proverbs 14:9

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

Fools mock the guilt offering, and among the upright ones is favor.

Latin

Stultus illudet peccatum, et inter justos morabitur gratia.

Hebrew

English

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

Wise people admit their mistakes and sins, which leads to change and making peace. Fools try to defend themselves by mocking guilt.

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