Proverbs 21:24
Those who make fun of everything that is good are proud and conceited [DOU]; they always act in an inconsiderate way toward others.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
In Context
23Those who are very careful about what they say [MTY] are able to avoid trouble.
Cross References
Esther 3:5When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down to him, he became extremely angry.
Proverbs 1:22Wisdom says, “How long will you stupid people continue to enjoy doing foolish things [RHQ]? How long will you people who ridicule God enjoy doing that [RHQ]? How long will you foolish people refuse to know what things are right [RHQ]?
Proverbs 16:18Being proud will ◄lead to your having/cause you to have► disasters; despising others will result in your being ruined.
Proverbs 19:29God is ready to punish those who make fun of him/religion; those who do foolish things deserve to be flogged/whipped.
Isaiah 16:6We people of Judah have heard about the people of Moab; we have heard that they are very proud and conceited [DOU]; they are insolent, but what they proudly say about themselves is not true.
Matthew 2:16While King Herod was still living, because he realized that he had been tricked by the men who studied the stars {the men who studied the stars had tricked him}, he became furious. Then, assuming that Jesus was still in Bethlehem or the surrounding regions, Herod sent soldiers there to kill all the boy babies two years old and younger. Herod calculated how old the baby was, according to what the men who studied the stars told him about when the star first appeared.
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 →