Fools mock at making restitution,[a]
but there is goodwill among the upright.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:9 Or at guilt offerings

Fools mock[a] the guilt offering,
    but among the upright, it is favorable.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:9 Hebrew “he mocks”

13 The one who conceals his sins
will not prosper,(A)
but whoever confesses and renounces them
will find mercy.(B)

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13 He who conceals his transgression will not prosper,
    but he who confesses and forsakes will obtain mercy.

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