Proverbs 21:24
Proud, haughty, scorner—his name, || Who is working in the wrath of pride.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
In Context
23Whoever is keeping his mouth and his tongue, || Is keeping his soul from adversities.
25The desire of the slothful slays him, || For his hands have refused to work.
Cross References
Esther 3:5And Haman sees that Mordecai is not bowing and doing homage to him, and Haman is full of fury,
Proverbs 1:22“Until when, you simple, do you love simplicity? And have scorners desired their scorning? And do fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 16:18Pride [is] before destruction, || And before stumbling—a haughty spirit.
Proverbs 19:29Judgments have been prepared for scorners, || And stripes for the back of fools!
Isaiah 16:6We have heard of the pride of Moab—very proud, || His pride, and his arrogance, and his wrath—his boastings [are] not right.
Matthew 2:16Then Herod, having seen that he was deceived by the magi, was very angry, and having sent forth, he slew all the male children in Beth-Lehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time that he inquired exactly 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 →