Proverbs 21:24

Proverbs 21:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
• New International Version (NIV)The proud and arrogant person—“Mocker” is his name— behaves with insolent fury.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Scoffer" is the name of the arrogant, haughty man who acts with arrogant pride.
• New King James Version (NKJV)A proud and haughty man— “Scoffer” is his name; He acts with arrogant pride.

Context of Proverbs 21:24

22A wise man scales the city [walls] of the mighty And brings down the stronghold in which they trust. 23He who guards his mouth and his tongue Guards himself from troubles. “Proud,” “Haughty,” “Scoffer,” are his names Who acts with overbearing and insolent pride. 25The desire of the lazy kills him, For his hands refuse to labor; 26He craves all the day long [and does no work], But the righteous [willingly] gives and does not withhold [what he has].

Proverbs 21:24 word by word

זֵ֣ד יָ֭הִיר לֵ֣ץ שְׁמ֑וֹ ע֝וֹשֶׂ֗ה בְּעֶבְרַ֥ת זָדֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Proudזֵדzêd · arrogantH2086
• haughtyיָהִירyâhîyr · proudH3093
• scornerלִיץlûts · to mockH3887
• his nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• who dealethעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• in proudזָדוֹןzâdôn · arroganceH2087
• wrathעֶבְרָה‛ebrâh · furyH5678

Cross-references for Proverbs 21:24

• Proverbs 6:17A proud look [the attitude that makes one overestimate oneself and discount others], a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood,
• Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.
• Proverbs 18:12Before disaster the heart of a man is haughty and filled with self-importance, But humility comes before honor.
• Proverbs 19:29Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And beatings for the backs of [thickheaded] fools.
• Esther 3:5When Haman saw that Mordecai neither bowed down nor paid homage to him, he was furious.
• Ecclesiastes 7:8The end of a matter is better than its beginning; Patience of spirit is better than haughtiness of spirit (pride).
• Matthew 2:16Then Herod, when he realized that he had been tricked by the magi, was extremely angry, and he sent [soldiers] and put to death all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that area who were two years old and under, according to the date which he had learned from the magi.

Commentaries on Proverbs 21:24

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24Verse 24 Pride and haughtiness make men passionate; such continually deal in wrath, as if it were their trade to be angry.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24Mocker: See Proverbs 1:25–27 and 9:7–9. Also, see study note on Proverbs 1:22.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. The reproachful name is deserved by those who treat others with anger and contempt.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 21:24

• Anger
• Pride
• Scoffing

In the dictionaries

• Mind
• Ponder
• Toss
• Presume; Presumptuous; Presumptuously
• Proverb
• Proverbs, the Book of
• haughty, lofty

Commentaries on Proverbs 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings