Proverbs 21:24 · KJV
“Proud {and} haughty scorner {is} his name, who dealeth in proud wrath. {in proud...: Heb. in the wrath of pride}”
— Proverbs 21:24
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
Proverbs 21 — Context
A wise {man} scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
23Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
24Proud {and} haughty scorner {is} his name, who dealeth in proud wrath. {in proud...: Heb. in the wrath of pride}
25The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
26He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
Cross References
Psalms 1:1
Blessed {is} the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. {ungodly: or, wicked}
Ecclesiastes 7:8-9
Better {is} the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: {and} the patient in spirit {is} better than the proud in spirit.
Proverbs 1:22
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Matthew 2:16
Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
Proverbs 18:12
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour {is} humility.
Proverbs 19:29
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
Jeremiah 48:29
We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.
Proverbs 16:18
Pride {goeth} before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.