OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 9

Proverbs 14:9

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Fools mock at making atonement for sins,

but among the upright there is good will.

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Proverbs 14:6–12

6

A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it,

but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.

7

Stay away from a foolish man,

for you won’t find knowledge on his lips.

8

The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way,

but the folly of fools is deceit.

9
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Fools mock at making atonement for sins,

but among the upright there is good will.

10

The heart knows its own bitterness and joy;

he will not share these with a stranger.

11

The house of the wicked will be overthrown,

but the tent of the upright will flourish.

12

There is a way which seems right to a man,

but in the end it leads to death.

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