Proverbs 1:26

I also will laugh at your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh;

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

In Context

25Because ye have rejected all my counsel, And have slighted my rebuke,—

27When your fear cometh upon you like a storm. And destruction overtaketh you like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.

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Cross References

Psalms 2:4He that sitteth in heaven will laugh; The Lord will have them in derision.

Proverbs 3:34Surely the scorners he treadeth scornfully, But giveth favor to the lowly.

Proverbs 10:24The fear of the wicked shall come upon him; But the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

Proverbs 19:29Punishments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back 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 →

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