Proverbs 21:24 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁴Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.

Proverbs 21:24 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.
Proverbs 1:22
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
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 19:29
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
Proverbs 18:12
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.

Topics

Ambition Anger Arrogance Conceit Derision Haughtiness Heart Mocking

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 24)

See here the mischief of pride and haughtiness. 1. It exposes men to sin; it makes them passionate, and kindles in them the fire of proud wrath. They are continually dealing in it, as if it were their trade to be angry, and they had nothing so much to do as to barter passions and exchange bitter words. Most of the wrath that inflames the spirits and societies of men is proud wrath. Men cannot bear…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 24)

24. The reproachful name is deserved by those who treat others with anger and contempt.