“Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.”

Proverbs 14:9 (KJV) |

Proverbs 14:9

From Proverbs 14, in the Book of Proverbs (Old Testament).

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7

Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

8

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

9

Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

10

The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

11

The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

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