New English Translation
Proverbs 21:24
24A proud and arrogant person, whose name is “Scoffer,” acts with overbearing 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.
- 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
22The wise person can scale the city of the mighty and bring down the stronghold in which they trust. 23The one who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his life from troubles. A proud and arrogant person, whose name is “Scoffer,” acts with overbearing pride. 25What the sluggard desires will kill him, for his hands refuse to work. 26All day long he craves greedily, 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 the heart of a person is proud, but humility comes before honor.
- Proverbs 19:29Judgments are prepared for scorners, and floggings for the backs of fools.
- Esther 3:5When Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing or paying homage to him, he was filled with rage.
- Ecclesiastes 7:8The end of a matter is better than its beginning; likewise, patience is better than pride.
- Matthew 2:16When 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.
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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