Proverbs 24:9

Geneva Bible (1560)

The wicked thought of a foole is sinne, and the scorner is an abomination vnto men.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 15:19 : 19 For out of the heart come euil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, slaunders.
  • Acts 8:22 : 22 Repent therefore of this thy wickednes, and pray God, that if it be possible, the thought of thine heart may be forgiuen thee.
  • Prov 29:8 : 8 Scornefull men bring a citie into a snare: but wise men turne away wrath.
  • Isa 55:7 : 7 Let the wicked forsake his wayes, and the vnrighteous his owne imaginations, and returne vnto the Lord, and he wil haue mercy vpon him: and to our God, for hee is very ready to forgiue.
  • Jer 4:14 : 14 O Ierusalem, wash thine heart from wickednes, that thou maiest be saued: how long shall thy wicked thoughtes remaine within thee?
  • Matt 5:28 : 28 But I say vnto you, that whosoeuer looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adulterie with her already in his heart.
  • Matt 9:4 : 4 But when Iesus saw their thoughts, he said, Wherefore thinke yee euil things in your hearts?
  • Gen 6:5 : 5 When the Lorde sawe that the wickednesse of man was great in the earth, and all the imaginations of the thoughtes of his heart were onely euill continually,
  • Gen 8:21 : 21 And the Lord smelled a sauour of rest, and the Lord said in his heart, I will hencefoorth curse the ground no more for mans cause: for the imagination of mans heart is euill, euen from his youth: neither will I smite any more all things liuing, as I haue done.
  • Ps 119:113 : 113 Samech. I hate vaine inuentions: but thy Lawe doe I loue.
  • Prov 22:10 : 10 Cast out the scorner, and strife shal go out: so contention and reproche shall cease.
  • Prov 23:7 : 7 For as though he thought it in his heart, so will hee say vnto thee, Eate and drinke: but his heart is not with thee.
  • Prov 24:8 : 8 Hee that imagineth to doe euill, men shall call him an autour of wickednes.
  • 2 Cor 10:5 : 5 Casting downe the imaginations, and euery high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captiuitie euery thought to the obedience of Christ,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 14:6-9
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    77%

    6A scorner seeketh wisdome, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easie to him that will vnderstande.

    7Depart from the foolish man, when thou perceiuest not in him the lippes of knowledge.

    8The wisdome of ye prudent is to vnderstand his way: but the foolishnes of the fooles is deceite.

    9The foole maketh a mocke of sinne: but among the righteous there is fauour.

  • Prov 24:8
    77%

    8Hee that imagineth to doe euill, men shall call him an autour of wickednes.

  • Prov 9:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7He that reproueth a scorner, purchaseth to himselfe shame: and he that rebuketh the wicked, getteth himselfe a blot.

    8Rebuke not a scorner, least he hate thee: but rebuke a wise man, and he will loue thee.

  • Prov 19:28-29
    2 verses
    76%

    28A wicked witnes mocketh at iudgement, & the mouth of ye wicked swalloweth vp iniquitie.

    29But iudgements are prepared for the scorners, and stripes for the backe of the fooles.

  • Prov 19:3
    75%

    3The foolishnesse of a man peruerteth his way, and his heart freateth against the Lord.

  • Prov 21:24
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    24Proude, hautie and scornefull is his name that worketh in his arrogancie wrath.

  • Prov 10:18
    74%

    18He that dissembleth hatred with lying lips, and he that inuenteth slaunder, is a foole.

  • Prov 29:8
    74%

    8Scornefull men bring a citie into a snare: but wise men turne away wrath.

  • Prov 15:12
    74%

    12A scorner loueth not him that rebuketh him, neither will he goe vnto the wise.

  • Prov 19:25
    73%

    25Smite a scorner, and the foolish wil beware: and reproue the prudent, and he wil vnderstand knowledge.

  • Prov 10:23
    73%

    23It is as a pastime to a foole to doe wickedly: but wisedome is vnderstanding to a man.

  • Prov 14:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16A wise man feareth, and departeth from euill: but a foole rageth, and is carelesse.

    17He that is hastie to anger, committeth follie, and a busie body is hated.

  • Ps 14:1
    73%

    1To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. The foole hath said in his heart, There is no God: they haue corrupted, & done an abominable worke: there is none that doeth good.

  • Ps 53:1
    72%

    1To him that excelleth on Mahalath. A Psalme of Dauid to giue instruction. The foole hath saide in his heart, There is no God. they haue corrupted & done abominable wickednes: there is none that doeth good.

  • Prov 29:27
    72%

    27A wicked man is abomination to the iust, and he that is vpright in his way, is abomination to the wicked.

  • Prov 18:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2A foole hath no delite in vnderstanding: but that his heart may be discouered.

    3When the wicked commeth, then commeth contempt, and with the vile man reproch.

  • Prov 14:34
    72%

    34Iustice exalteth a nation, but sinne is a shame to the people.

  • Prov 22:10
    72%

    10Cast out the scorner, and strife shal go out: so contention and reproche shall cease.

  • Prov 24:24
    71%

    24He that saith to the wicked, Thou art righteous, him shall the people curse, and the multitude shall abhorre him.

  • Prov 21:4
    71%

    4A hautie looke, and a proude heart, which is the light of the wicked, is sinne.

  • Prov 17:25
    71%

    25A foolish sonne is a griefe vnto his father, and a heauines to her that bare him.

  • Isa 29:20
    71%

    20For the cruel man shal cease, & the scornefull shalbe consumed: and all that hasted to iniquitie, shalbe cut off:

  • Prov 1:22
    71%

    22O ye foolish, howe long will ye loue foolishnes? and the scornefull take their pleasure in scorning, and the fooles hate knowledge?

  • Prov 12:23
    71%

    23A wise man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of the fooles publisheth foolishnes.

  • Prov 24:10
    71%

    10If thou bee faint in the day of aduersitie, thy strength is small.

  • Prov 17:5
    71%

    5Hee that mocketh the poore, reprocheth him, that made him: and he that reioyceth at destruction, shall not be vnpunished.

  • Ps 36:1
    71%

    1To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid, the seruant of the Lord. Wickednes sayeth to the wicked man, euen in mine heart, that there is no feare of God before his eyes.

  • Prov 23:9
    71%

    9Speake not in the eares of a foole: for hee will despise the wisdome of thy wordes.

  • Prov 15:5
    71%

    5A foole despiseth his fathers instruction: but he that regardeth correction, is prudent.

  • Eccl 7:6
    71%

    6(7:8) For like ye noyse of the thornes vnder the pot, so is the laughter of the foole: this also is vanitie.

  • Prov 8:13
    71%

    13The feare of the Lord is to hate euill as pride, and arrogancie, and the euill way: and a mouth that speaketh lewde things, I doe hate.

  • Prov 21:11
    71%

    11When the scorner is punished, the foolish is wise: and when one instructeth the wise, he wil receiue knowledge.

  • Prov 13:1
    71%

    1A wise sonne will obey the instruction of his father: but a scorner will heare no rebuke.

  • Prov 13:19
    71%

    19A desire accomplished deliteth ye soule: but it is an abomination to fooles to depart from euil.

  • Prov 13:16
    70%

    16Euery wise man will worke by knowledge: but a foole will spread abroade folly.

  • Prov 15:26
    70%

    26The thoughts of ye wicked are abomination to the Lord: but the pure haue pleasant wordes.

  • Prov 24:18
    70%

    18Least the Lorde see it, and it displease him, and he turne his wrath from him.

  • Prov 12:16
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    16A foole in a day shall be knowen by his anger: but he that couereth shame, is wise.

  • Ps 5:5
    70%

    5The foolish shal not stand in thy sight: for thou hatest all them that worke iniquitie.

  • Prov 14:3
    70%

    3In the mouth of the foolish is the rod of pride: but the lippes of the wise preserue them.

  • Ps 10:3
    70%

    3For the wicked hath made boast of his owne heartes desire, and the couetous blesseth himselfe: he contemneth the Lord.

  • Ps 36:3
    70%

    3The wordes of his mouth are iniquitie and deceit: hee hath left off to vnderstand and to doe good.

  • Prov 22:15
    70%

    15Foolishnesse is bounde in the heart of a childe: but the rodde of correction shall driue it away from him.