Proverbs 21:24
Proud and haughty scoffer is shmo, 1 who acteth in superfluity of zadon (pride). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
In Context
Cross References
Esther 3:5And when Haman saw that Mordechai ein korei'a (bowed not), nor to him mishtachaveh (would prostrate, worship ), + 3:5 Dt 5:9 then was Haman full of chemah (wrath).
Proverbs 1:22Ad mosai, ye simple ones, will ye love being simpletons? 1 And the scoffers delight in their mockery, 1 and kesilim (fools) hate da'as? 1
Proverbs 16:18Ga'on (pride) goeth before shever (destruction), 1 and a ruach of haughtiness before a fall. 1
Proverbs 19:29Shefatim (penalties, judgments) are prepared for scoffers, 1 and for kesilim, beatings for the back.
Isaiah 16:6We have heard of the ga'on Moav; 1 he is very proud; 1 even of his ga'avah (haughtiness), and his ga'on, and his insolence; 1 but his boasts shall not be so. 1
Matthew 2:16When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the chachamim, he was greatly enraged, and he ordered the slaughter of all the yeladim in Beit-Lechem and its vicinity who were two years old or under, in accordance with the time that he had learned from the chachamim.
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 →