Cross references

Proverbs 14:9

Fools mock the making of amends,

but goodwill is found among the upright.

Proverbs 14:9 BSB

Proverbs 14:9 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 10:23 (5 votes) and Proverbs 26:18–19 (5 votes). 4 other verses point back to it. It links with 4 other books, from Job 15 to Jude 1.

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Which verses does Proverbs 14:9 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. The fool delights in shameful conduct, but a man of understanding has wisdom.

  2. Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows, so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”

  3. For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.

  4. For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.

  5. Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult.

  6. This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’

  7. Jude 1:184 votes

    when they said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”

  8. What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water? He keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men. …

  9. “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?

  10. Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.

  11. The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.

  12. Job 15:162 votes

Which verses point to Proverbs 14:9?

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