Proverbs 21:24

American Standard Version (1901)

The proud and haughty man, scoffer is his name; He worketh in the arrogance of pride.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 1:1 : 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 6:17 : 17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;
  • Prov 16:18 : 18 Pride [goeth] before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.
  • Prov 18:12 : 12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; And before honor [goeth] humility.
  • Prov 19:29 : 29 Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.
  • Eccl 7:8-9 : 8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; [and] the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
  • Isa 16:6 : 6 We have heard of the pride of Moab, [that] he is very proud; even of his arrogancy, and his pride, and his wrath; his boastings are nought.
  • Jer 48:29 : 29 We have heard of the pride of Moab, [that] he is very proud; his loftiness, and his pride, and his arrogancy, and the haughtiness of his heart.
  • Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the Wise-men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learned of the Wise-men.
  • Esth 3:5-6 : 5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not down, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. 6 But he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

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  • Prov 24:9
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    9The thought of foolishness is sin; And the scoffer is an abomination to men.

  • Prov 21:4
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    4A high look, and a proud heart, [Even] the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

  • Prov 29:22-23
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    73%

    22An angry man stirreth up strife, And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.

    23A man's pride shall bring him low; But he that is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.

  • Prov 15:12
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    12A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise.

  • Prov 9:7
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    7He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling; And he that reproveth a wicked man [getteth] himself a blot.

  • Prov 21:25-26
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    25The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.

    26There is that coveteth greedily all the day long; But the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.

  • Prov 14:6
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    6A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.

  • Prov 29:8
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    8Scoffers set a city in a flame; But wise men turn away wrath.

  • Ps 123:4
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    4Our soul is exceedingly filled With the scoffing of those that are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud.

  • Prov 14:16-17
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    16A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.

    17He that is soon angry will deal foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated.

  • Prov 19:25
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    25Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; And reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.

  • Isa 29:20
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    20For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scoffer ceaseth, and all they that watch for iniquity are cut off;

  • Prov 14:3
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    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for [his] pride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

  • Prov 16:18-19
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    18Pride [goeth] before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.

    19Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

  • Prov 22:10
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    10Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.

  • Prov 13:1
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    1A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.

  • Prov 28:25
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    25He that is of a greedy spirit stirreth up strife; But he that putteth his trust in Jehovah shall be made fat.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue Keepeth his soul from troubles.

  • Prov 19:29
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    29Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.

  • Ps 10:2-4
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    2In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

    3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, [yea], contemneth Jehovah.

    4The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, [saith], He will not require [it] . All his thoughts are, There is no God.

  • Prov 14:29
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    29He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

  • Prov 21:11
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    11When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise; And when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

  • Prov 3:34
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    34Surely he scoffeth at the scoffers; But he giveth grace unto the lowly.

  • Job 41:34
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    34He beholdeth everything that is high: He is king over all the sons of pride.

  • Ps 119:21
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    21Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, That do wander from thy commandments.

  • Job 40:11
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    11Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.

  • Prov 17:5
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    5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; [And] he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

  • Ps 36:2
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    2For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, That his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.

  • Prov 29:1
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    1He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

  • Prov 16:5
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    5Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to Jehovah: [Though] hand [join] in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.

  • Prov 18:3
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    3When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, And with ignominy [cometh] reproach.

  • Hab 1:10
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    10Yea, he scoffeth at kings, and princes are a derision unto him; he derideth every stronghold; for he heapeth up dust, and taketh it.

  • Job 34:7
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    7What man is like Job, Who drinketh up scoffing like water,

  • Prov 20:2
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    2The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own life.

  • Ps 31:18
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    18Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.

  • Isa 5:15
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    15And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is humbled, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled:

  • Job 39:7
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    7He scorneth the tumult of the city, Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.

  • Prov 18:12
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    12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; And before honor [goeth] humility.

  • Jer 48:29
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    29We have heard of the pride of Moab, [that] he is very proud; his loftiness, and his pride, and his arrogancy, and the haughtiness of his heart.

  • Ps 12:3
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    3Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;

  • Hab 2:5
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    5Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.

  • Isa 16:6
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    6We have heard of the pride of Moab, [that] he is very proud; even of his arrogancy, and his pride, and his wrath; his boastings are nought.

  • Prov 11:2
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    2When pride cometh, then cometh shame; But with the lowly is wisdom.