9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
9 Fools H191 make a mock H3887 at sin: H817 but among the righteous H3477 there is favour. H7522
9 A trespass-offering mocketh fools; But among the upright there is good will.
9 Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright -- a pleasing thing.
9 Fools make a mock at trespass; but for the upright there is favour.
9 Fools mock at making atonement for sins, But among the upright there is good will.
9 In the tents of those hating authority there is error, but in the house of the upright man there is grace.
It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
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Commentary on Proverbs 14 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 14
Pro 14:1
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Pro 14:2
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Pro 14:3
See here,
Pro 14:4
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Pro 14:5
In the administration of justice much depends upon the witnesses, and therefore it is necessary to the common good that witnesses be principled as they ought to be; for,
Pro 14:6
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Pro 14:7
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Pro 14:8
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Pro 14:9
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Pro 14:10
This agrees with 1 Co. 2:11, What man knows the things of a man, and the changes of his temper, save the spirit of a man?
Pro 14:11
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Pro 14:12
We have here an account of the way and end of a great many self-deluded souls.
Pro 14:13
This shows the vanity of carnal mirth, and proves what Solomon said of laughter, that it is mad; for,
Pro 14:14
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Pro 14:15
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Pro 14:16
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Pro 14:17
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Pro 14:18
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Pro 14:19
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Pro 14:20
This shows, not what should be, but what is the common way of the world-to be shy of the poor and fond of the rich.
Pro 14:21
See here how men's character and condition are measured and judged of by their conduct towards their poor neighbours.
Pro 14:22
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Pro 14:23
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Pro 14:24
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Pro 14:25
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Pro 14:26-27
In these two verses we are invited and encouraged to live in the fear of God by the advantages which attend a religious life. The fear of the Lord is here put for all gracious principles, producing gracious practices.
Pro 14:28
Here are two maxims in politics, which carry their own evidence with them:-
Pro 14:29
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Pro 14:30
The foregoing verse showed how much our reputation, this how much our health, depends on the good government of our passions and the preserving of the temper of the mind.
Pro 14:31
God is here pleased to interest himself more than one would imagine in the treatment given to the poor.
Pro 14:32
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Pro 14:33
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Pro 14:34
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Pro 14:35
This shows that in a well-ordered court and government smiles and favours are dispensed among those that are employed in public trusts according to their merits; Solomon lets them know he will go by that rule,