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Verse Proverbs 14:9. _FOOLS MAKE A MOCK AT SIN_] And only _fools_
would do so. But he that makes a _sport_ of _sinning_, will find it
_no sport_ to suffer the vengeance of an eternal fire. Some learn...
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FOOLS MAKE A MOCK - The verb in the Heb. is singular, the noun plural.
The King James Version assumes that the number is altered to
individualize the application of the maxim. Others translate it:
“Si...
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CHAPTER 14 THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH: THE RICH AND THE POOR
The contrast now concerns the wise and the foolish, the rich and the
poor. Let us see some of these contrasts. “In the mouth of the
foolish i...
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PROVERBS 14. In this, as in each of the preceding Chapter s in this
section, aphorisms on the moral government of the world come first in
number. There are rather more in this chapter of a political a...
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MAKE. MOCK. The verb is singular, and probably the plural "fools"
means "A great fool makes. mock", &c.
SIN. guilt. The proper name for the trespass offering. Hebrew.
_'asham_ (App-44.) Illustrations:...
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_sin_ Rather, GUILT, R.V. If this rendering be adopted, the Heb.
construction (a sing. verb with a plur. noun, lit. fools, he maketh
&c.) will serve to individualise (comp. Proverbs 3:18), and the
con...
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DISCOURSE: 782
THE FOLLY OF MAKING A MOCK AT SIN
Proverbs 14:9. _Fools make a mock at sin_.
MAN in his first creation was formed after the Divine image; and there
was not in his soul the least inclin...
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FOOLS MAKE A MOCK AT SIN— Or, according to others, _Fools excuse_ or
_palliate sin._ Houbigant reads the verses _The dwelling of fools is
guilt, of the just is favour._...
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CHAPTER 14
TEXT Proverbs 14:1-12
1.
Every wise woman buildeth her house;
But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.
2.
He that walketh in his uprightness feareth Jehovah;
But he that i...
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Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
FOOLS MAKE A MOCK AT SIN - (; ; .) The Hebrew my be also translated,
'sin (i:e., when it brings its punishment) makes a mock at fo...
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14:9 for (f-8) Lit. 'among.' favour. (g-13) Or 'good-will.'...
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1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife (Proverbs 31:10)....
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Lit.' the guilt-offering mocketh at fools.' This seems to mean that
fools trust in its expiatory virtue, but that on their behalf it has
no efficacy....
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FOOLS MAKE A MOCK AT SIN. — Rather, perhaps, _sin mocks fools_ (they
miss the gratification they expected from it); or, _the sin-offering
mocks them._ God does not accept it, and so they have the trou...
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אֱ֭וִלִים יָלִ֣יץ אָשָׁ֑ם וּ בֵ֖ין
יְשָׁרִ֣ים...
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CHAPTER 15
THE INWARD UNAPPROACHABLE LIFE
"The heart knoweth its own bitterness and a stranger doth not
intermeddle with its joy."- Proverbs 14:10
"Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the...
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Verse Proverbs 14:7. The sense of this proverb is entirely altered in
the Revision. The Authorized reading would make it mean that if a man
is perceived to be devoid of knowledge he should be abandone...
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Fools make a mock at (f) sin: but among the righteous [there is]
favour.
(f) Does not know the grievousness of it, nor God's judgments against
the same....
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_Sin. Chap. x. 23. Hebrew, "excuse sin," (Calmet) or "mock at sin,"
(Haydock) committed by others. (Menochius) --- Grace, or good-will.
They are agreeable to all. (Calmet)_...
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Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
This is a sweet verse, and fully explained by every gracious soul in
his own feeling's. Who knows the secret transactions between God...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
followe...
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FOOLS MAKE A MOCK AT SIN,.... At sinful actions, their own or others;
they make light of them, a jest of them, call evil good, and good
evil; take pleasure in doing them themselves, and in those that...
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Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous [there is] favour.
Ver. 9. _Fools make a mock of sin._] A sport or pastime of it. Pro
10:23 _See Trapp on "_ Pro 10:23 _"_ They dance with the devil...
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_Fools make a mock at sin_ Wicked men, here meant by fools, please and
divert themselves with their own and other men's sins, which is a high
offence to God and all good men. Or, as others render the...
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V. 9. FOOLS MAKE A MOCK AT SIN, literally, "the sacrifice mocks the
fools"; for even if such ungodly people offer up burnt offerings for
expiation and atonement, it is useless, it fails of its object,...
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FOOLS, wicked men, as appears from their opposition to the righteous
in the next clause, MAKE A MOCK AT SIN; please and support themselves
with their own and other men's sins, which is a high offence...
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Proverbs 14:9 Fools H191 mock H3887 (H8686) sin H817 upright H3477
favor H7522
Fools - Prove
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WE ARE TO FOLLOW THE WAYS OF THE WISE AND SHREWD, NOT THE WAYS OF THE
FOOLISH (PROVERBS 14:7).
The whole emphasis of Proverbs is on following God's wisdom. By doing
so the shrewd man understands his w...
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Proverbs 14:9
I. The various ways in which men make a mock at sin may be summed up
under two heads: by their words, and by their actions. We show our
scorn and contempt of a thing in our words, when w...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The house of the wicked, though built ever so strong and
high, shall be brought to disgrace and at length made extinct. The...
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Proverbs 14:1. _Every wise woman buildeth her house,_ as Proverbs 9:1,
by training up her children to industry, piety and virtue. She is
their first governess, and daily instils the elements of knowle...
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_Fools make a mock at sin._
THINKING LIGHTLY OF SIN
Breathing an atmosphere tainted with moral evil, seeing and hearing
sin in our daily walks, we are in no small danger of overlooking its
malignity....
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 14:8 This section begins and ends with
contrasts between the PRUDENT (vv. Proverbs 14:8,...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 14:9 GUILT OFFERING. See Leviticus 5:14.
The UPRIGHT finds ACCEPTANCE fro
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 14:8. DECEIT, or “deception.”
PROVERBS 14:9. MANY translators read this verse, “The sacrifice,”
or “the sin-offering, makes a sport of,” or “mocks fools.” So
Zöckler, Elster...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 14:1
EVERY WISE WOMAN BUILDETH HER HOUSE. Wise women order well their
household matters and their families; they have an important
influence, and exercise it beneficially.
Γυναι...
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Continuation of the contrasting of goodness and evil.
Every wise woman (Proverbs 14:1)
And wise and foolish contrasted always, too.
Every wise woman builds her house (Proverbs 14:1):
She takes care...
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Job 15:16; Job 34:7; Jude 1:18; Proverbs 1:22; Proverbs 10:23;...
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Favour — They find favour both with God and men....