Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
The proud, haughty one: "scoffer" [is] his name; he acts with arrogance of pride.
New American Standard Bible
Who acts with
King James Version
Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
Holman Bible
acts with excessive pride.
International Standard Version
The names "Proud," "Arrogant," and "Mocker" fit whoever acts with presumptuous conceit.
A Conservative Version
The proud and haughty man, scoffer is his name. He works in the arrogance of pride.
American Standard Version
The proud and haughty man, scoffer is his name; He worketh in the arrogance of pride.
Amplified
“Proud,” “Haughty,” “Scoffer,” are his names
Who acts with overbearing and insolent pride.
Bible in Basic English
The man of pride, lifted up in soul, is named high-hearted; he is acting in an outburst of pride.
Darby Translation
Proud, arrogant, scorner is his name who dealeth in proud wrath.
Julia Smith Translation
Proud, arrogant, mocking, is his name doing in the wrath of pride.
King James 2000
Proud and haughty scoffer is his name, who deals in arrogant pride.
Modern King James verseion
Proud, haughty scorner is his name, he who deals in proud wrath.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He that is proud and presumptuous, is called a scornful man, which in wrath dare work maliciously.
NET Bible
A proud and arrogant person, whose name is "Scoffer," acts with overbearing pride.
New Heart English Bible
The proud and haughty man, "scoffer" is his name; he works in the arrogance of pride.
The Emphasized Bible
A haughty insolent one - Scoffer is his name, is he that acteth in a transport of pride.
Webster
Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
World English Bible
The proud and haughty man, "scoffer" is his name; he works in the arrogance of pride.
Youngs Literal Translation
Proud, haughty, scorner is his name, Who is working in the wrath of pride.
Themes
Anger » Connected with » Pride
Pride/arrogance » Who is proud
Scorning and mocking » Those who are addicted to » Are proud and haughty
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 21:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
23 He who guards his mouth and his tongue, he guards his life from danger. 24 The proud, haughty one: "scoffer" [is] his name; he acts with arrogance of pride. 25 The craving of a lazy person will kill him, for his hands refuse to work.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the advice of [the] wicked; nor does he stand in [the] way of sinners; nor does he sit in [the] assembly of mockers.
Proverbs 1:22
"{How long}, O simple ones, will you love simplicity? And [how long] will scoffers delight in their scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?
Esther 3:5-6
And Haman saw that Mordecai was not kneeling and bowing down to him, and he was filled [with] anger.
Proverbs 6:17
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Proverbs 16:18
Before destruction [comes] pride, and before a fall, a haughty spirit.
Proverbs 18:12
In the presence of destruction, the heart of a man will be haughty, but in the presence of honor, humble.
Proverbs 19:29
Judgments are prepared for the scoffers, and flogging for the back of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:8-9
The end of a matter [is] better than its beginning; {better to be slow to anger than hot-headed}.
Isaiah 16:6
We have heard [of] the pride of Moab--exceedingly proud-- [of] his arrogance, pride, and insolence; {his boasting is not true}.
Jeremiah 48:29
We have heard [of] the pride of Moab --[he is] very proud-- his height, and his pride, and his arrogance, and the haughtiness of his heart.
Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, [when he] saw that he had been deceived by the wise men, became very angry, and he sent [soldiers] [and] executed all the children in Bethlehem and in all the region [around] it from [the age of] two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined precisely from the wise men.