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Proverbs 14:9

qFools mock at the guilt offering,

but the upright enjoy acceptance.2

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Proverbs 14:9 — The New International Version (NIV)

Fools mock at making amends for sin,

but goodwill is found among the upright.

Proverbs 14:9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Fools make a mock at sin:

But among the righteous there is favour.

Proverbs 14:9 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Fools make fun of guilt,

but the godly acknowledge it and seek reconciliation.

Proverbs 14:9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Fools mock at sin,

But among the upright there is favor.

Proverbs 14:9 — New Century Version (NCV)

Fools don’t care if they sin,

but honest people work at being right.

Proverbs 14:9 — American Standard Version (ASV)

A trespass-offering mocketh fools;

But among the upright there is good will.

Proverbs 14:9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Proverbs 14:9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Stubborn fools make fun of guilt, 

but there is forgiveness among decent people. 

Proverbs 14:9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Fools mock at making restitution,

but there is goodwill among the upright.

Proverbs 14:9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Fools mock at the guilt offering,

but the upright enjoy God’s favor.

Proverbs 14:9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Fools mock the guilt offering,

but among the upright, it is favorable.

Proverbs 14:9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Foolish people laugh at making things right when they sin.

But honest people try to do the right thing.

Proverbs 14:9 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Fools mock at sin,

But among the upright there is good will.


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