Proverbs 1:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I also will laugh in [the day of] your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 2:4 : 4 He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh: The Lord will have them in derision.
Prov 10:24 : 24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him; And the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
Luke 14:24 : 24 For I say unto you, that none of those men that were bidden shall taste of my supper.
Ps 37:13 : 13 The Lord will laugh at him; For he seeth that his day is coming.
Prov 6:15 : 15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.
Judg 10:14 : 14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Prov 1:27
84%
27When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.
Ps 52:6
80%
6The righteous also shall see [it], and fear, And shall laugh at him, [saying],
Ps 37:13
78%
13The Lord will laugh at him; For he seeth that his day is coming.
Ps 59:8
77%
8But thou, O Jehovah, wilt laugh at them; Thou wilt have all the nations in derision.
Ps 2:4-5
2 verses
76%
4He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh: The Lord will have them in derision.
5Then will he speak unto them in his wrath, And vex them in his sore displeasure:
Prov 1:25
75%
25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof:
Job 8:21
75%
21He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, And thy lips with shouting.
Job 5:22
73%
22At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
Job 12:4
73%
4I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor, I who called upon God, and he answered: The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.
Prov 17:5
73%
5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; [And] he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
Eccl 7:6
73%
6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
Hab 1:10
72%
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 22:19
72%
19The righteous see it, and are glad; And the innocent laugh them to scorn,
Job 11:3
72%
3Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
Isa 28:22
72%
22Now therefore be ye not scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for a decree of destruction have I heard from the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, upon the whole earth.
Ps 22:7
71%
7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying],
Prov 14:13
71%
13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of mirth is heaviness.
Job 29:24
71%
24I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down.
Job 21:3
71%
3Suffer me, and I also will speak; And after that I have spoken, mock on.
Job 13:9
71%
9Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceiveth a man, will ye deceive him?
Ezek 22:5
71%
5Those that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee, thou infamous one [and] full of tumult.
Job 9:23
71%
23If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.
Prov 18:3
70%
3When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, And with ignominy [cometh] reproach.
Eccl 2:1-2
2 verses
70%
1I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.
2I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?
Job 17:2
70%
2Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation.
Lam 3:14
70%
14I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.
Prov 1:23
69%
23Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you.
Prov 5:11
69%
11And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
2 Kgs 19:27
69%
27But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me.
Ps 49:5
69%
5Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?
Prov 3:25
69%
25Be not afraid of sudden fear, Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh:
Job 30:1
69%
1But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
Ps 119:51
69%
51The proud have had me greatly in derision: [Yet] have I not swerved from thy law.
Job 6:21
69%
21For now ye are nothing; Ye see a terror, and are afraid.
Jas 4:9
68%
9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Jer 20:7
68%
7O Jehovah, thou hast persuaded me, and I was persuaded; thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am become a laughing-stock all the day, every one mocketh me.
Prov 27:11
68%
11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.
Prov 26:19
68%
19So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?
Isa 51:7
68%
7Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye dismayed at their revilings.
Isa 37:28
68%
28But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me.
Ps 35:15-16
2 verses
68%
15But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: The abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; They did tear me, and ceased not:
16Like the profane mockers in feasts, They gnashed upon me with their teeth.
Ps 35:26
68%
26Let them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my hurt: Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.
Prov 1:30
68%
30They would none of my counsel; They despised all my reproof.
Jer 15:17
68%
17I sat not in the assembly of them that make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand; for thou hast filled me with indignation.
Ps 80:6
68%
6Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves.
Jer 48:27
68%
27For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for as often as thou speakest of him, thou waggest the head.
Job 19:5
68%
5If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach;