how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!
Proverbs 14:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) God scorns the wicked, but the upright enjoy his favor. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Fools make a mock at sin: But among the righteous there is favour. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Fools make a mock of sin and sin mocks the fools [who are its victims; a sin offering made by them only mocks them, bringing them disappointment and disfavor], but among the upright there is the favor of God. [Prov. 10:23.] American Standard Version (1901) A trespass-offering mocketh fools; But among the upright there is good will. Common English Bible Fools mock a compensation offering, but favor is with those who do right. Catholic Public Domain Version The foolish will speak mockingly of sin. But grace lingers among the just. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A fool will laugh at sin, but among the just grace shall abide. |
how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!
“How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
It is like sport to a fool to do wrong, but wise conduct is pleasure to a man of understanding.
Men of perverse mind are an abomination to the Lord, but those of blameless ways are his delight.
A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of evil devices he condemns.
This is the way of an adulteress: she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, “I have done no wrong.”
“But if he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring, as his guilt offering to the Lord for the sin which he has committed, two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.
they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”