Proverbs 24:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

The thought of foolishness is sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to men.

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  • Matt 15:19 : 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
  • Acts 8:22 : 22 Repent therefore of this wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
  • Prov 29:8 : 8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare; but wise men turn away wrath.
  • Isa 55:7 : 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
  • Jer 4:14 : 14 O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your vain thoughts lodge within you?
  • Matt 5:28 : 28 But I say to you, that whoever looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
  • Matt 9:4 : 4 And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, Why do you think evil in your hearts?
  • Gen 6:5 : 5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
  • Gen 8:21 : 21 And the LORD smelled a pleasing aroma, and the LORD said in His heart, I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the imagination of his heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again destroy every living thing, as I have done.
  • Ps 119:113 : 113 SAMECH. I hate the double-minded, but I love Your law.
  • Prov 22:10 : 10 Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall go out; yes, strife and reproach shall cease.
  • Prov 23:7 : 7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: "Eat and drink," he says to you; but his heart is not with you.
  • Prov 24:8 : 8 He who devises to do evil shall be called a schemer.
  • 2 Cor 10:5 : 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

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  • Prov 14:6-9
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    6A scorner seeks wisdom and does not find it, but knowledge is easy to him who understands.

    7Leave the presence of a foolish man, when you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

    9Fools mock at sin, but among the righteous there is favor.

  • Prov 24:8
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    8He who devises to do evil shall be called a schemer.

  • Prov 9:7-8
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    7He who reproves a scoffer gets to himself shame: and he who rebukes a wicked man gets himself a blot.

    8Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

  • Prov 19:28-29
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    28An ungodly witness scorns judgment, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.

    29Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Prov 21:24
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    24Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who deals in arrogant wrath.

  • Prov 10:18
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    18He who hides hatred with lying lips, and he who utters slander, is a fool.

  • Prov 29:8
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    8Scornful men bring a city into a snare; but wise men turn away wrath.

  • Prov 15:12
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    12A scorner does not love one who reproves him, nor will he go to the wise.

  • Prov 19:25
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    25Strike a scorner, and the simple will beware; and reprove one who has understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

  • Prov 10:23
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    23It is as a sport to a fool to do mischief, but a man of understanding has wisdom.

  • Prov 14:16-17
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    16A wise man fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is confident.

    17He who is quickly angry acts foolishly, and a man of wicked intentions is hated.

  • Ps 14:1
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    1The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they have done abominable deeds, there is none who does good.

  • Ps 53:1
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    1The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity; there is none who does good.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27An unjust man is an abomination to the just; and he who is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

  • Prov 18:2-3
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    2A fool has no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may express itself.

    3When the wicked comes, contempt also comes, and with dishonor, reproach.

  • Prov 14:34
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    34Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.

  • Prov 22:10
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    10Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall go out; yes, strife and reproach shall cease.

  • Prov 24:24
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    24He who says to the wicked, You are righteous; him the people shall curse, nations shall abhor him.

  • Prov 21:4
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    4A proud look, a haughty heart, and the plowing of the wicked are sin.

  • Prov 17:25
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    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

  • Isa 29:20
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    20For the terrible one is brought to nothing, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:

  • Prov 1:22
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    22"How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? And the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

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

  • Prov 24:10
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    10If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.

  • Prov 17:5
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    5Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he who is glad at calamity shall not go unpunished.

  • Ps 36:1
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    1The transgression of the wicked speaks within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

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

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

  • Eccl 7:6
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    6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool; this also is vanity.

  • Prov 8:13
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    13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.

  • Prov 21:11
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    11When the scorner is punished, the simple becomes wise; and when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

  • Prov 13:1
    71%

    1A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

  • Prov 13:19
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    19The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul, but it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.

  • Prov 13:16
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    16Every prudent man deals with knowledge, but a fool lays open his folly.

  • Prov 15:26
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    26The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD, but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

  • Prov 24:18
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    18Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

  • Prov 12:16
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    16A fool's wrath is immediately known, but a prudent man covers shame.

  • Ps 5:5
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    5The foolish shall not stand in your sight; you hate all workers of iniquity.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

  • Ps 10:3
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    3For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the greedy, whom the LORD abhors.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has ceased to be wise, and to do good.

  • Prov 22:15
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    15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.