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The Danger of Trivializing Sin
The commentaries explain that "fools" are those who treat sin as a joke or a minor issue. They make light of wrongdoing instead of mourning over it. Matthew Henry and John Gill extend this to its ultimate conclusion: making light of sin is making light of Christ, the ultimate sin-offering. The verse warns against a casual or flippant attitude toward what God takes seriously.
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Albert Barnes
On Proverbs 14:9
18th Century
Theologian
Fools make a mock - The verb in the Hebrew is singular, the noun plural. The King James Version assumes that the number is altered to indivi…
Charles Ellicott
On Proverbs 14:9
19th Century
Bishop
Fools make a mock at sin.— Rather, perhaps, sin mocks fools (they miss the gratification they expected from it);…
John Gill
On Proverbs 14:9
17th Century
Pastor
Fools make a mock at sin
At sinful actions, their own or others; they make light of them, a jest of them, call evil …
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Matthew Henry
On Proverbs 14:9
17th Century
Minister
Foolish and profane people consider sin a mere trifle, to be made light of rather than mourned over. Fools mock at the sin-offering, but those who …