Proverbs 14:9

Fools mock the making of amends, but goodwill is found among the upright.

Berean Standard Bible
Other translations

King James Version

Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

World English Bible

Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will.

American Standard Version

A trespass-offering mocketh fools; But among the upright there is good will.

Geneva Bible 1599

The foole maketh a mocke of sinne: but among the righteous there is fauour.

Darby Translation

Fools make a mock at trespass; but for the upright there is favour.

Young's Literal Translation

Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright — a pleasing thing.

Bible in Basic English

In the tents of those hating authority there is error, but in the house of the upright man there is grace.

In context

8The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.

10The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its joy.

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