Proverbs 14:9

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Fools mock at making amends for guilt, but goodwill is found among the upright.

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  • Prov 10:23 : 23 A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes, but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.
  • Prov 12:2 : 2 A good person obtains favor from the LORD, but a person of wicked schemes is condemned.
  • Prov 13:15 : 15 Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the treacherous leads to ruin.
  • Prov 26:18-19 : 18 Like a madman who shoots fiery arrows, arrows, and death, 19 so is the one who deceives their neighbor and says, 'I was only joking!'
  • Prov 30:20 : 20 This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats, wipes her mouth, and says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'
  • Rom 14:17-18 : 17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18 For anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.
  • Jude 1:18 : 18 They said to you, 'In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.'
  • Job 15:16 : 16 How much less is a man, who is detestable and corrupt, one who drinks iniquity like water!
  • Job 34:7-9 : 7 What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water? 8 He walks in company with evildoers and associates with the wicked. 9 For he has said, 'A man gains nothing by delighting in God.'
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 3:4 : 4 Then you will find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
  • Prov 8:35 : 35 For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the LORD.

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    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand their path, but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Prov 14:33-35
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    33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning, but it becomes known even among fools.

    34Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people.

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  • Prov 24:9
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    9The plans of foolishness are sinful, and the mocker is detestable to others.

  • Prov 13:15-16
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    15Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the treacherous leads to ruin.

    16Every prudent person acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts their folly.

  • Prov 10:23
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    23A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes, but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.

  • Prov 14:16-19
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    16The wise fear and turn away from evil, but fools are reckless and overconfident.

    17A quick-tempered person does foolish things, and one who devises evil is hated.

    18The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

    19Evil people will bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Foolishness brings joy to one lacking sense, but a person of understanding walks a straight path.

  • Prov 12:15-16
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    15The way of a fool seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice.

    16Fools show their anger at once, but the prudent quietly overlook an insult.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool despises his father's discipline, but whoever heeds correction is wise.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3The mouth of a fool brings a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise protect them.

  • Job 22:19
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    19The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them.

  • Prov 15:14
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    14The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24The wealth of the wise is their crown, but the folly of fools yields only folly.

  • Prov 19:29
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    29Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3A man’s foolishness twists his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Ps 14:1
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    1To the director. Of David. The fool says in his heart, 'There is no God.' They are corrupt and commit abominable deeds; there is no one who does good.

  • Ps 107:17
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    17Some became fools because of their rebellious ways and suffered because of their sins.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23A prudent person conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly.

  • Eccl 7:4-6
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    4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.

    5It is better to hear the rebuke of a wise person than to listen to the song of fools.

    6For like the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of fools—this too is meaningless.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in revealing his own thoughts.

  • Prov 17:5
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    5Whoever mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.

  • Prov 26:10
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    10A master archer who wounds all and one who hires a fool or passersby are alike.

  • Prov 3:35
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    35The wise will inherit honor, but fools get only shame.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man calmly holds it back.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be a fool with twisted lips.

  • Prov 29:6
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    6An evil man is ensnared by his transgression, but the righteous rejoice and are glad.

  • Prov 17:24
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    24Wisdom is before the face of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

  • Ps 52:6
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    6You love all words that destroy, O deceitful tongue.

  • Prov 10:8
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    8A wise-hearted person accepts commands, but a fool with loose lips will come to ruin.

  • Prov 13:19-20
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    19A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil.

    20Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10Luxury is not fitting for a fool, much less for a servant to rule over princes.

  • Prov 14:10
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    10The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger can share its joy.

  • Prov 26:5
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    5Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the insight of your words.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of fools gushes folly.

  • Ps 53:1
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    1For the director, according to Mahalath. A contemplative psalm of David.

  • Prov 10:18
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    18The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

  • Eccl 10:2
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    2A wise person's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart inclines him to the left.

  • Prov 16:22
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    22Understanding is a fountain of life to the one who has it, but the discipline of fools is folly.