Verse 9

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:23 : 23 It is as a sport to a fool to do mischief, but a man of understanding has wisdom.
  • Prov 12:2 : 2 A good man obtains favor from the LORD, but a man of wicked plans will He condemn.
  • Prov 13:15 : 15 Good understanding gives favor, but the way of transgressors is hard.
  • Prov 26:18-19 : 18 Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death, 19 So is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, Am I not joking?
  • Prov 30:20 : 20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats and wipes her mouth and says, I have done no wrong.
  • Rom 14:17-18 : 17 For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18 For anyone who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.
  • Jude 1:18 : 18 How they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts.
  • Job 15:16 : 16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, who drinks iniquity like water?
  • Job 34:7-9 : 7 What man is like Job, who drinks up scorn like water? 8 Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men. 9 For he has said, It profits a man nothing to delight himself in God.
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? And the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 3:4 : 4 So 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 will obtain favor from the LORD.