OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 14:9

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Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will.

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Verse 9. Sin. Calmet. 10:23. Hebrew “excuse sin,” ( Calmet.) or “mock at sin,” ( Bible.) committed by others. Menochius.—Grace, or good-will. They are agreeable to all. Calmet.

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