Verse 24

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

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.