Proverbs 21:24

Proverbs Of Solomon

²³ He who guards his mouth and his tongue,
Guards his soul from troubles.
²⁴ “Proud,” “Haughty,” “Scoffer,” are his names,
Who acts with insolent pride.
²⁵ The desire of the sluggard puts him to death,
For his hands refuse to work;

Lifted Up

Psalm 1:1

How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,
Nor stand in the path of sinners,
Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!

Proverbs 1:22

“How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded?
And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing
And fools hate knowledge?

Esther 3:5-6

When Haman saw that Mordecai neither bowed down nor paid homage to him, Haman was filled with rage.

Proverbs 6:17

Haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
And hands that shed innocent blood,

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before stumbling.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty,
But humility goes before honor.

Proverbs 19:29

Judgments are prepared for scoffers,
And blows for the back of fools.

Ecclesiastes 7:8-9

The end of a matter is better than its beginning;
Patience of spirit is better than haughtiness of spirit.

Isaiah 16:6

We have heard of the pride of Moab, an excessive pride;
Even of his arrogance, pride, and fury;
His idle boasts are false.

Jeremiah 48:29

“We have heard of the pride of Moab—he is very proud—
Of his haughtiness, his pride, his arrogance and his self-exaltation.

Matthew 2:16

Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became very enraged, and sent and slew all the male children who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the magi.