how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!
Proverbs 14:9 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?
It is a fool's pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding's pleasure.
Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.
A good man shall obtain favor from the LORD, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices.
Good understanding wins favor; but the way of the unfaithful is hard.
So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
*So is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'
For whoever finds me, finds life, and will obtain favor from the LORD.
*'If he can't afford a lamb, then he shall bring his trespass offering for that in which he has sinned, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, to the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.
They said to you that *In the last time there will be mockers, walking after their own ungodly lusts.*