Catholic Public Domain Version
"The foolish will speak mockingly of sin. But grace lingers among the just. "
— Proverbs 14:9, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.”
“A trespass-offering mocketh fools; But among the upright there is good will. ”
“Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will.”
“Fools mock at reparation, but among the upright there is favor.”
“A fool will laugh at sin, but among the just grace shall abide.”
“In the tents of those hating authority there is error, but in the house of the upright man there is grace.”
“Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.”
A mocker seeks wisdom and does not find it. The doctrine of the prudent is accessible.
Go against a foolish man, and he does not acknowledge lips of prudence.
The wisdom of a discerning man is to understand his way. And the imprudence of the foolish is to be wandering astray.
The foolish will speak mockingly of sin. But grace lingers among the just.
The heart that knows the bitterness of its own soul, in its gladness the outsider shall not meddle.
The house of the impious will be wiped away. Yet truly, the tabernacles of the just shall spring forth.
There is a way which seems just to a man, but its conclusion leads to death.