Proverbs 21:24
Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
In Context
23Whoever keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
25The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labor.
Cross References
Esther 3:5And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 16:18Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 19:29Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
Isaiah 16:6We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
Matthew 2:16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
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 →