Proverbs 21:24

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

A proud and arrogant person, whose name is“Scoffer,” acts with overbearing pride.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 1:1 : 1 ¶ Book 1(Psalms 1-41) How blessed is the one who does not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand in the pathway with sinners, or sit in the assembly of scoffers!
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 “How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long have mockers delighted in mockery? And how long will fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 6:17 : 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
  • Prov 16:18 : 18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
  • Prov 18:12 : 12 Before destruction the heart of a person is proud, but humility comes before honor.
  • Prov 19:29 : 29 Penalties have been prepared for scorners, and floggings for the backs of fools.
  • Eccl 7:8-9 : 8 The end of a matter is better than its beginning; likewise, patience is better than pride. 9 Do not let yourself be quickly provoked, for anger resides in the lap of fools.
  • Isa 16:6 : 6 We have heard about Moab’s pride, their great arrogance, their boasting, pride, and excess. But their boastful claims are empty!
  • Jer 48:29 : 29 I have heard how proud the people of Moab are, I know how haughty they are. I have heard how arrogant, proud, and haughty they are, what a high opinion they have of themselves.
  • Matt 2:16 : 16 When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men to kill all the children in Bethlehem and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.
  • Esth 3:5-6 : 5 When Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing or paying homage to him, he was filled with rage. 6 But the thought of striking out against Mordecai alone was repugnant to him, for he had been informed of the identity of Mordecai’s people. So Haman sought to destroy all the Jews(that is, the people of Mordecai) who were in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.

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    9A foolish scheme is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to people.

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    4Haughty eyes and a proud heart– what the wicked cultivate is sin.

  • Prov 29:22-23
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    22An angry person stirs up dissension, and a wrathful person is abounding in transgression.

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  • Prov 15:12
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    12The scorner will not love one who corrects him; he will not go to the wise.

  • Prov 9:7
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    7Whoever corrects a mocker is asking for insult; whoever reproves a wicked person receives abuse.

  • Prov 21:25-26
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    25What the sluggard desires will kill him, for his hands have refused to work.

    26All day long he has craved greedily, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

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    6The scorner sought wisdom–there was none, but understanding was easy for a discerning person.

  • Prov 29:8
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    8Scornful people inflame a city, but those who are wise turn away wrath.

  • Ps 123:4
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    4We have had our fill of the taunts of the self-assured, of the contempt of the proud.

  • Prov 14:16-17
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    16A wise person is cautious and turns from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is overconfident.

    17A person who has a quick temper will do foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes will be hated.

  • Prov 19:25
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    25Flog a scorner, and as a result the simpleton will learn prudence; correct a discerning person, and as a result he will understand knowledge.

  • Isa 29:20
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    20For tyrants will disappear, those who taunt will vanish, and all those who love to do wrong will be eliminated–

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    3In the speech of a fool is a rod for his back, but the words of the wise protect them.

  • Prov 16:18-19
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    18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

    19It is better to be lowly in spirit with the afflicted than to share the spoils with the proud.

  • Prov 22:10
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    10Drive out the scorner and contention will leave; strife and insults will cease.

  • Prov 13:1
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    1A wise son accepts his father’s discipline, but a scoffer has never listened to rebuke.

  • Prov 28:25
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    25The greedy person stirs up dissension, but the one who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23The one who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his life from troubles.

  • Prov 19:29
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    29Penalties have been prepared for scorners, and floggings for the backs of fools.

  • Ps 10:2-4
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    2The wicked arrogantly chase the oppressed; the oppressed are trapped by the schemes the wicked have dreamed up.

    3Yes, the wicked man boasts because he gets what he wants; the one who robs others curses and rejects the LORD.

    4The wicked man is so arrogant he always thinks,“God won’t hold me accountable; he doesn’t care.”

  • Prov 14:29
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    29Someone with great understanding is slow to anger, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly.

  • Prov 21:11
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    11When a scorner is punished, the naive becomes wise; when a wise person is instructed, he gains knowledge.

  • Prov 3:34
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    34With arrogant scoffers he is scornful, yet he shows favor to the humble.

  • Job 41:34
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    34It looks on every haughty being; it is king over all that are proud.”

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    21You reprimand arrogant people. Those who stray from your commands are doomed.

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    11Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low;

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    5The LORD abhors every arrogant person; rest assured that they will not go unpunished.

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    3A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

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    3When a wicked person arrives, contempt shows up with him, and with shame comes a reproach.

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    10They mock kings and laugh at rulers. They laugh at every fortified city; they build siege ramps and capture them.

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    7What man is like Job, who drinks derision like water!

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    2The king’s terrifying anger is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him sins against himself.

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    18May lying lips be silenced– lips that speak defiantly against the innocent with arrogance and contempt!

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    15Men will be humiliated, they will be brought low; the proud will be brought low.

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    7It scorns the tumult in the town; it does not hear the shouts of a driver.

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    12Before destruction the heart of a person is proud, but humility comes before honor.

  • Jer 48:29
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    29I have heard how proud the people of Moab are, I know how haughty they are. I have heard how arrogant, proud, and haughty they are, what a high opinion they have of themselves.

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    3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts!

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    5Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man! His appetite is as big as Sheol’s; like death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations; he seizes all peoples.

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    6We have heard about Moab’s pride, their great arrogance, their boasting, pride, and excess. But their boastful claims are empty!

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    2After pride came, disgrace followed; but wisdom came with humility.