Proverbs Chapter 24 verse 9 Holy Bible
The thought of foolishness is sin; And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
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The purpose of the foolish is sin: and the hater of authority is disgusting to others.
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The purpose of folly is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to men.
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The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
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The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men.
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The thought of folly `is' sin, And an abomination to man `is' a scorner.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - The thought of foolishness is sin. "Sin" is the subject in this clause as "the scorner" is in the next; and what it says is that sin is the exeogitation, the contriving of folly. The stoner is the real fool, m that he does not pursue his proper end, prepares misery for himself, is blind to his best interests. The connection between sin and folly, as between wisdom and righteousness, is continually enforced throughout the book. The scorner is an abomination to men. The man who scoffs at religion and every high aim is an object of abomination to the pious, and is also a cause of evil to others, leading them to thoughts and acts which are hateful in the eyes of God. Septuagint, "The fool dieth in sins (John 8:24), and uncleanness belongeth to a pestilent man." The text here followed, as in other passages of this chapter, is quite different from the received one.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) The thought of foolishness is sin.--Rather, Sin is the contrivance (plotting) of self-will. Sin is the "transgression of the law" of God (1John 3:4), when we desert the plain rule of duty, and plot how we can indulge our own self-will.
