Proverbs 1:26
I will laugh at your calamity, 1 I will mock you when the terror comes— 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
In Context
25But you have ignored all my instruction 1 and paid no attention to my correction. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:63As Yahweh once rejoiced over you in doing you good, and in multiplying you, so he will rejoice over you in making you perish and in destroying you. You will be plucked off the land that you are going into to possess.
Psalms 2:4He who sits in the heavens will sneer at them; 1 the Lord mocks them. 1
Proverbs 3:34He mocks mockers, 1 but he gives his favor to humble people. 1
Proverbs 10:24The fear of the wicked person will overtake him, 1 but the desire of righteous people will be granted. 1
Proverbs 19:29Condemnation is ready for mockers 1 and flogging 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 →