Proverbs 21:24

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Proverbs 21:22–26 · Berean Standard Bible

22 A wise man scales the city of the mighty and pulls down the stronghold in which they trust.

23 He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.

24 Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man— of him who acts with excessive pride.

25 The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.

26 All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

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 his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

Proverbs 19:29

Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

Esther 3:5

When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.

Esther 3:6

And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.

Matthew 2:16

When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.