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Proverbs 24:9

The devising of folly is sin, And the scoffer is repulsive to men.

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Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abomination;   Infidelity;   Scoffing;   Sin;   Young Men;   Thompson Chain Reference - Error;   Evil;   Mind, Carnal-Spiritual;   Sin;   Sin-Saviour;   Thoughts;   Transgression;   The Topic Concordance - Foolishness;   Scorn;   Sin;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Scorning and Mocking;   Sin;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Scoffer;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Fool;   Greek Versions of Ot;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Fool;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Folly and Fool;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
The schemes of a fool are sinful; everyone detests a mocker.
Update Bible Version
The thought of foolishness is sin; And the scoffer is disgusting to man.
New Century Version
Making foolish plans is sinful, and making fun of wisdom is hateful.
New English Translation
A foolish scheme is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to people.
Webster's Bible Translation
The thought of foolishness [is] sin: and the scorner [is] an abomination to men.
World English Bible
The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men.
English Standard Version
The devising of folly is sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to mankind.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The thouyte of a fool is synne; and a bacbitere is abhomynacioun of men.
English Revised Version
The thought of the foolish is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
Berean Standard Bible
A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.
Contemporary English Version
Everyone hates senseless fools who think up ways to sin.
American Standard Version
The thought of foolishness is sin; And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
Bible in Basic English
The purpose of the foolish is sin: and the hater of authority is disgusting to others.
Complete Jewish Bible
The evil plans of the foolish are sin, and people detest a scorner.
Darby Translation
The purpose of folly is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to men.
Easy-to-Read Version
Such foolish plans are wrong, and people have no respect for someone who laughs at what is right.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The thought of foolishness is sin; and the scorner is an abomination to men.
King James Version (1611)
The thought of foolishnesse is sinne: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
New Life Bible
Planning to do foolish things is sin, and the man who laughs at the truth is hated by men.
New Revised Standard
The devising of folly is sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to all.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The wicked thought of a foole is sinne, and the scorner is an abomination vnto men.
George Lamsa Translation
The thought of a fool is sin; and an abomination of men is evil.
Good News Translation
Any scheme a fool thinks up is sinful. People hate a person who has nothing but scorn for others.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The purpose of folly, is sin, and, an abomination to mankind, is a buffoon.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The thought of a fool is sin: and the detractor is the abomination of men.
Revised Standard Version
The devising of folly is sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to men.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The wicked thought of the foolishe is sinne: and the scornefull is an abhomination vnto men.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The fools also dies in sins; and uncleanness attaches to a pestilent man.
Christian Standard Bible®
A foolish scheme is sin,and a mocker is detestable to people.
Hebrew Names Version
The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men.
King James Version
The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
Lexham English Bible
Devising folly is a sin, and an abomination to humankind is a scoffer.
Literal Translation
The plot of foolishness is sin, and the scorner is hateful to men.
Young's Literal Translation
The thought of folly [is] sin, And an abomination to man [is] a scorner.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The thoughte of ye foolish is synne, & ye scornefull is an abhominacion vnto me.
New American Standard Bible
The devising of foolishness is sin, And the scoffer is an abomination to humanity.
New King James Version
The devising of foolishness is sin, And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The devising of folly is sin, And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
Legacy Standard Bible
The scheming of folly is sin,And the scoffer is an abomination to men.

Contextual Overview

7Wisdom is too exalted for a [hardened, arrogant] fool; He does not open his mouth in the gate [where the city's rulers sit in judgment]. 8He who plans to do evil Will be called a schemer or deviser of evil. 9The devising of folly is sin, And the scoffer is repulsive to men.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thought: Proverbs 24:8, Proverbs 23:7, Genesis 6:5, Genesis 8:21, Psalms 119:113, Isaiah 55:7, Jeremiah 4:14, Matthew 5:28, Matthew 9:4, Matthew 15:19, Acts 8:22, 2 Corinthians 10:5

the scorner: Proverbs 22:10, Proverbs 29:8

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 15:9 - thine eye Proverbs 12:5 - thoughts Proverbs 15:26 - thoughts Proverbs 29:27 - General Isaiah 59:7 - their thoughts Mark 2:8 - Why Mark 7:22 - foolishness

Cross-References

Genesis 24:2
Abraham said to his servant [Eliezer of Damascus], the oldest of his household, who had charge over all that Abraham owned, "Please, put your hand under my thigh [as is customary for affirming a solemn oath],

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The thoughts of foolishness [is] sin,.... The thought of sin is sin e, before it comes into action; the motions of sin in the mind, the workings of corrupt nature in the heart, the sinful desires of the flesh and of the mind: these are forbidden and condemned by the law of God as sin, which says, "Thou shall not covet", Exodus 20:17, and stand in need of pardoning grace and mercy; see Romans 7:5. Or, "the thoughts of a foolish man are sin" f; that is, of a wicked man; in all whose thoughts God is not, but sin is; the imagination of the thoughts of his heart is evil, and that continually; he thinks of nothing else but sin, Genesis 6:5;

and the scorner [is] an abomination to men; who not only thinks ill of divine things, and despises them in his heart, which is only known to God; but scoffs at them with his lips, makes a jest of all that is good, derides religion and religious men; and to such he is an abomination: and indeed one that is proud and haughty, scorner is his name, and that deals in proud wrath, and scorns all around him, in whatsoever company he comes, and that ridicules every person, and every thing that is said in conversation, is usually hated and abhorred by all sorts of men.

e "Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogitat ullum, facti crimen habet", Juvenal. Satyr. 13. v. 209, 210. f אולת "stulti", Pagninus, Junius & Tremellius, Mercerus, Piscator, Gejerus.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 24:9. The thought of foolishness is sin — זמת אולת חטאת zimmath ivveleth chattath. "The device of folly is transgression;" or, "an evil purpose is sinful;" or, perhaps more literally, "the device of the foolish is sin." It has been variously understood by the versions.

"The cunning: of the fool is sin." - Targum.

"The imprudent man (or fool, αφρων) shall die in sins." - Septuagint.

So the Arabic.

The thinkynge of the fool is synne. - Old MS. Bible.

Fool is here taken for a wicked man, who is not only evil in his actions, but every thought of his heart is evil, and that continually. A simple thought about foolishness, or about sin itself, is not sinful; it is the purpose or device, the harbouring evil thoughts, and devising how to sin, that is criminal.


 
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