Proverbs 21:24
A bold and self-willed and insolent man is called a pest: and he that remembers injuries is a transgressor.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
In Context
23He that keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from trouble.
25Desires kill the sluggard; for his hands do not choose to do anything.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:22So long as the simple cleave to justice, they shall not be ashamed: but the foolish being lovers of haughtiness, having become ungodly have hated knowledge, and are become subject to reproofs.
Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and folly before a fall.
Proverbs 19:29Scourges are preparing for the intemperate, and punishments likewise for fools.
Isaiah 16:6We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud. I have cut off his pride: thy prophecy shall not be thus, no not thus.
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 →