English Standard Version
Proverbs 21:24
24"Scoffer" is the name of the arrogant, haughty man who acts with arrogant pride.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A proud and haughty man— “Scoffer” is his name; He acts with arrogant pride.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Mockers are proud and haughty; they act with boundless arrogance.
Context of Proverbs 21:24
22A wise man scales the city of the mighty and brings down the stronghold in which they trust. 23Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble. "Scoffer" is the name of the arrogant, haughty man who acts with arrogant pride. 25The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor. 26All day long he craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
Read all of Proverbs 21Proverbs 21:24 word by word
זֵ֣ד יָ֭הִיר לֵ֣ץ שְׁמ֑וֹ ע֝וֹשֶׂ֗ה בְּעֶבְרַ֥ת זָדֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 21:24
- Proverbs 6:17haughty eyes, 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 destruction a man's heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.
- Proverbs 19:29Condemnation is ready for scoffers, and beating for the backs of fools.
- Esther 3:5And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down or pay homage to him, Haman was filled with fury.
- Ecclesiastes 7:8Better is the end of a thing than its beginning, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
- Matthew 2:16Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.
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
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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
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