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Proverbs 14:9

American Standard Version

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

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Proverbs 14:9 in other translations

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

Proverbs 14:9 · World English Bible

Proverbs 14:9 in context

  1. 7Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.
  2. 8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.
  3. 9A trespass-offering mocketh fools; But among the upright there is good will.
  4. 10The heart knoweth its own bitterness; And a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.
  5. 11The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; But the tent of the upright shall flourish.