Proverbs 14:9

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The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way: but the folly of fools [is] deceit.	Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous [there is] favour.	The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Fools^H191 make a mock^H3887 at sin^H817: but among the righteous^H3477 there is favour^H7522.

Original Hebrew

אֱוִלִים יָלִיץ אָשָׁם וּבֵין יְשָׁרִים רָצֹון׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אֱ֭וִלִים	'E.vi.lim	H191	HAampa	fools
יָלִ֣יץ	ya.Litz	H3887	HVhi3ms	he mocks
אָשָׁ֑ם	'a.Sham	H817	HNcmsa	guilt
וּ/בֵ֖ין	u./Vein	H996	HC/R	and/ (is) between
יְשָׁרִ֣ים	ye.sha.Rim	H3477	HAampa	upright (people)
רָצֽוֹן	ra.Tzon	H7522	HNcmsa	favor

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H191 — אֱוִיל (ʼĕvîyl, ev-eel'): from an unused root (meaning to be perverse); (figuratively) silly; fool(-ish) (man).
H817 — אָשָׁם (ʼâshâm, aw-shawm'): from אָשַׁם; guilt; by implication, a fault; also a sin-offering; guiltiness, (offering for) sin, trespass (offering).
H3477 — יָשָׁר (yâshâr, yaw-shawr'): from יָשַׁר; straight (literally or figuratively); convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), [phrase] pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
H3887 — לוּץ (lûwts, loots): a primitive root; properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede; ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.
H7522 — רָצוֹן (râtsôwn, raw-tsone'): or רָצֹן; from רָצָה; delight (especially as shown); (be) acceptable(-ance, -ed), delight, desire, favour, (good) pleasure, (own, self, voluntary) will, as...(what) would.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H996 — בֵּין (bêyn, bane): (sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from בִּין; a distinction; but used only as a preposition,; between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or; among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), [phrase] from (the widest), [idiom] in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

among — Proverbs 3:4, Proverbs 8:35, Proverbs 12:2, Proverbs 13:15, Romans 14:17-18
Fools — Job 15:16, Job 34:7-9, Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 10:23, Proverbs 26:18-19, Proverbs 30:20, Jude 1:18

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