Proverbs 21:24
The proud and haughty man, scoffer is his name. He works in the arrogance of pride.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
In Context
23He who keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.
25The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.
Cross References
Esther 3:5And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down, nor did him reverence, then Haman was full of wrath.
Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 16:18Pride [is] before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 19:29Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and stripes for the back of fools.
Isaiah 16:6We have heard of the pride of Moab, [that] he is very proud, even of his arrogance, and his pride, and his wrath. His boastings are nothing.
Matthew 2:16Then Herod, when he saw that he was scorned by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and having sent forth, he killed all the boys in Bethlehem, and in all the borders of it, from two years old and under, according to the time that
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:24
23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. Note, 1. It is our great concern to keep our souls from straits, being entangled in snares and perplexities, and disquieted with troubles, that we may preserve the possession and enjoyment of ourselves and that our souls may be in frame for the service of God. 2. Those that would keep their souls must keep a watch before the door of their lips, must keep the mouth by temperance, that no forbidden fruit go into it, no stolen waters, that… Read the whole commentary →