Proverbs 1:26
in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
In Context
25because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:63Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.
Psalms 2:4The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.
Proverbs 3:34He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.
Proverbs 10:24What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
Proverbs 19:29Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 1:21-33
Wisdom's Exhortations; Doom of Obdurate Sinners. 20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: 21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? 23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. 24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have… Read the whole commentary →