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Proverbs 21:24
24A proud and haughty man —Mocker is his name— 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
22A wise person scales the city of warriors and brings down the stronghold in which they trust. 23Whoever guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul out of troubles. A proud and haughty man —Mocker is his name— acts with overbearing pride. 25A slacker’s craving will kill him, because his hands refuse to work. 26All day long he craves greedily, yet the righteous one 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, hands that shed innocent blood,
- Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- Proverbs 18:12Before ruin a person’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
- Proverbs 19:29Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and floggings for the back of fools.
- Esther 3:5When Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing down or paying him honor, Haman was filled with rage.
- Ecclesiastes 7:8Better the end of a matter than its beginning. Better a patient spirit than a proud one.
- Matthew 2:16Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became furious. And he sent and killed all boys in Bethlehem and in all its surrounding area, from two years old and under, according to the time he had determined 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
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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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