Proverbs 21:24
Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man— of him who acts with excessive pride.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
In Context
23He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.
25The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.
Cross References
Esther 3:5When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.
Proverbs 1:22“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 19:29Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
Isaiah 16:6We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.
Matthew 2:16When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned 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 →