Proverbs 21:24
Proud, arrogant, scorner is his name who dealeth in proud wrath.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
In Context
23Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
25The desire of the sluggard killeth him; for his hands refuse to work:
Cross References
Esther 3:5And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, Haman was full of fury.
Proverbs 1:22How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge?
Proverbs 16:18Pride [goeth] before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 19:29Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of the foolish.
Isaiah 16:6We have heard of the arrogance of Moab, [he is] very proud, of his pride, and his arrogance, and his wrath: his pratings are vain.
Matthew 2:16Then Herod, seeing that he had been mocked by the magi, was greatly enraged; and sent and slew all the boys which [were] in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time which he had accurately inquired from the magi.
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 →