Proverbs 14:8-9

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 14:8

8. Appearances deceive the thoughtless, but the prudent discriminate. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 14:9

9. Fools make a mock at sin—or, "Sin deludes fools." righteous . . . favour—that is, of God, instead of the punishment of sin. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 14:1-33

8. Further advice for wise living chs. 14-15These proverbs are more difficult to group together under a general heading because there are fewer common ideas that tie them together. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 14:1-35

1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife (Proverbs 31:10-31). 3. Of pride] RM ’for his pride.’4. Where there are no oxen men have not to labour at keeping the crib clean, but at the same time there is no profit. The men who unload coal in Calais harbour used to sing: ’The coalis black, but the money’s white.’8. The wise man’s concern is how shall he act; the foolish man’s how shall he deceive others. 9. Lit.’ the guilt-offering mocketh at fools.’ This seems to mean that fools trust... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Proverbs 14:8

(8) The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way.—To look to it carefully that it is such as God would have it; but “the folly of fools (stupid persons, as Proverbs 14:7], is deceit;” it shows itself in trying to cheat others, though they are sure to be detected at last. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Proverbs 14:9

(9) 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 trouble and cost of offering it for nothing; “but among the upright there is favour.” God is well pleased with them. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Proverbs 14:1-35

Sin and Its Mockers Proverbs 14:9 It is one thing to mock in such a fashion as that the sinning person shall say, 'This thing which the mirror holds up to me is base, contemptible, unprofitable, and I will henceforth abjure it'; and another thing to laugh in such a fashion as to make him imagine 'This thing is trivial, it is of no serious import whatsoever, and I will therefore conduct myself as I like. The first kind of mockery is the austere, if somewhat cynical, expression of moral... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:1-35

CHAPTER 15THE 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 end of mirth is heaviness."- Proverbs 14:13"Yes! in the sea of life enisled, With echoing straits between us thrown, Dotting the shoreless watery wild, We mortal millions live alone. The islands feel the enclasping flow, And then their endless bounds they know." -Matthew ArnoldWE know each other’s... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Proverbs 14:1-35

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 is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall preserve them” Proverbs 14:3 . The foolish shoots forth his foolishness like a branch. Separation from the foolish man is commanded in the seventh verse. The wise cannot have fellowship with the foolish, as the believer is not to be yoked to the... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Proverbs 14:9

14:9 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. read more

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