“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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Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.