Verse 9

Fools mock at reparation, but among the upright there is favor.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 10:23 : 23 Carrying out a wicked scheme is enjoyable to a fool, and so is wisdom for the one who has discernment.
• Prov 12:2 : 2 A good person obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a person with wicked schemes.
• Prov 13:15 : 15 Keen insight wins favor, but the conduct of the treacherous ends in destruction.
• Prov 26:18-19 : 18 Like a madman who shoots firebrands and deadly arrows, 19 so is a person who has deceived his neighbor, and said,“Was I not only joking?”
• Prov 30:20 : 20 This is the way of an adulterous woman: she has eaten and wiped her mouth and has said,“I have not done wrong.”
• Rom 14:17-18 : 17 For the kingdom of God does not consist of food and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18 For the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.
• Jude 1:18 : 18 For they said to you,“In the end time there will come scoffers, propelled by their own ungodly desires.”
• Job 15:16 : 16 how much less man, who is abominable and corrupt, who drinks in evil like water!
• Job 34:7-9 : 7 What man is like Job, who drinks derision like water! 8 He goes about in company with evildoers, he goes along with wicked men. 9 For he says,‘It does not profit a man when he makes his delight with God.’
• Prov 1:22 : 22 “How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long have mockers delighted in mockery? And how long will fools hate knowledge?
• Prov 3:4 : 4 Then you will find favor and good understanding, in the sight of God and people.
• Prov 8:35 : 35 For the one who finds me has found life and received favor from the LORD.