Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
The proud and haughty man, "scoffer" is his name; he works in the 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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The proud, haughty one: "scoffer" [is] his name; he acts with arrogance of 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.
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 Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles. 24 The proud and haughty man, "scoffer" is his name; he works in the arrogance of pride. 25 The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man who doesn't 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, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?
Esther 3:5-6
When Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down, nor pay him homage, Haman was full of wrath.
Proverbs 6:17
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;
Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 18:12
Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.
Proverbs 19:29
Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:8-9
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Isaiah 16:6
We have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud; even of his arrogance, his pride, and his wrath. His boastings are nothing.
Jeremiah 48:29
We have heard of the pride of Moab. He is very proud; his loftiness, and his pride, and his arrogance, and the haughtiness of his heart.
Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.