Proverbs 21:24
Proud, haughty, scorner [is] his name, Who is working in the wrath of pride.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
In Context
23Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.
25The desire of the slothful slayeth him, For his hands have refused to work.
Cross References
Esther 3:5And Haman seeth that Mordecai is not bowing and doing obeisance to him, and Haman is full of fury,
Proverbs 1:22'Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 16:18Before destruction [is] pride, And before stumbling — a haughty spirit.'
Proverbs 19:29Judgments have been prepared for scorners, And stripes for the back of fools!
Isaiah 16:6We have heard of the pride of Moab — very proud, His pride, and his arrogance, and his wrath, Not right [are] his devices.
Matthew 2:16Then Herod, having seen that he was deceived by the mages, was very wroth, and having sent forth, he slew all the male children in Beth-Lehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time that he inquired exactly from the mages.
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 →