Proverbs 3:34

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Proverbs 3:32–35 · Berean Standard Bible

32 for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.

33 The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.

34 He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.

35 The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.

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

Proverbs 9:7

He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.

Proverbs 9:8

Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

Proverbs 9:12

If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.

Proverbs 19:29

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

Proverbs 21:24

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

Psalms 138:6

Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.

James 4:6

But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

1 Peter 5:5

Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”