Proverbs 21:24 Cross References - LEB

²⁴ The proud, haughty one: "scoffer" is his name; he acts with arrogance of pride.

⁵ And Haman saw that Mordecai was not kneeling and bowing down to him, and he was filled with anger. ⁶ But _⌊he considered it beneath him_⌋* to lay hands on Mordecai only, for they told him of Mordecai's people, and Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who were in the kingdom of Ahasuerus.

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.

²² "_⌊How long_⌋,* O simple ones, will you love simplicity? And how long will scoffers delight in their scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?

¹⁷ haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

¹⁸ Before destruction comes pride, and before a fall, a haughty spirit.*

¹² In the presence of destruction, the heart* of a man will be haughty, but in the presence of honor, humble.

²⁹ Judgments* are prepared for the scoffers, and flogging for the back of fools.

⁸ The end of a matter is better than its beginning; _⌊better to be slow to anger than hot-headed_⌋.* ⁹ Do not be quick in your spirit to anger, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.

⁶ We have heard of the pride of Moab—exceedingly proud— of his arrogance, pride, and insolence; _⌊his boasting is not true_⌋.*

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.

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.