Proverbs 24:9

Webster's Bible (1833)

The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 15:19 : 19 For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
  • Acts 8:22 : 22 Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
  • Prov 29:8 : 8 Mockers stir up a city, But wise men turn away anger.
  • Isa 55:7 : 7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
  • Jer 4:14 : 14 Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?
  • Matt 5:28 : 28 but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
  • Matt 9:4 : 4 Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts?
  • Gen 6:5 : 5 Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
  • Gen 8:21 : 21 Yahweh smelled the sweet savor. Yahweh said in his heart, "I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again strike everything living, as I have done.
  • Ps 119:113 : 113 I hate double-minded men, But I love your law.
  • Prov 22:10 : 10 Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; Yes, quarrels and insults will stop.
  • Prov 23:7 : 7 For as he thinks about the cost, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, But his heart is not with you.
  • Prov 24:8 : 8 One who plots to do evil Will be called a schemer.
  • 2 Cor 10:5 : 5 throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

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    6A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn't find it, But knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.

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    8One who plots to do evil Will be called a schemer.

  • Prov 9:7-8
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    7He who corrects a mocker invites insult. He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.

    8Don't reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

  • Prov 19:28-29
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    28A corrupt witness mocks justice, And the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.

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    3The foolishness of man subverts his way; His heart rages against Yahweh.

  • Prov 21:24
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    24The proud and haughty man, "scoffer" is his name; He works in the arrogance of pride.

  • Prov 10:18
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    18He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.

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    8Mockers stir up a city, But wise men turn away anger.

  • Prov 15:12
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    12A scoffer doesn't love to be reproved; He will not go to the wise.

  • Prov 19:25
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    25Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; Rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

  • Prov 10:23
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    23It is a fool's pleasure to do wickedness, But wisdom is a man of understanding's pleasure.

  • Prov 14:16-17
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    16A wise man fears, and shuns evil, But the fool is hotheaded and reckless.

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    1> The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none who does good.

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    1> The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity. There is no one who does good.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27A dishonest man detests the righteous, And the upright in their ways detest the wicked.

  • Prov 18:2-3
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    2A fool has no delight in understanding, But only in revealing his own opinion.

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

  • Prov 22:10
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    10Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; Yes, quarrels and insults will stop.

  • Prov 24:24
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    24He who says to the wicked, "You are righteous;" Peoples shall curse him, and nations shall abhor him--

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    4A high look, and a proud heart, The lamp of the wicked, is sin.

  • Prov 17:25
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    25A foolish son brings 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 scoffer ceases, and all those who watch for iniquity are cut off;

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    22"How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, And fools hate knowledge?

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    23A prudent man keeps his knowledge, But the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.

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    9Don't speak in the ears of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words.

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    6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

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    13The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

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    11When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom; When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

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    1A wise son listens to his father's instruction, But a scoffer doesn't listen to rebuke.

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    19Longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, But fools detest turning from evil.

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    16Every prudent man acts from knowledge, But a fool exposes folly.

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    26Yahweh detests the thoughts of the wicked, But the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.

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    18Lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him.

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    16A fool shows his annoyance the same day, But one who overlooks an insult is prudent.

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    5The arrogant shall not stand in your sight. You hate all workers of iniquity.

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    3The fool's talk brings a rod to his back, But the lips of the wise protect them.

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    3For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings, He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh.

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    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

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    15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: The rod of discipline drives it far from him.