Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
Parallel translations
- WEB The proud and haughty man, “scoffer” is his name; he works in the arrogance of pride.
- BSB Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man—of him who acts with excessive pride.
- NKJV A proud and haughty man— “Scoffer” is his name; He acts with arrogant pride.
- NASB “Proud,” “Arrogant,” “Scoffer,” are his names, One who acts with insolent pride.
- NLT Mockers are proud and haughty; they act with boundless arrogance.
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Quick answer
The proud, arrogant person is rightly called a 'scoffer.' It matters because it names pride as the source of mocking, insolent behavior.
Overview
The scoffer acts out of overflowing arrogance, despising correction and others (Proverbs 1:22; 9:7-8). The verse links pride directly to mockery and insolence. Scripture warns that God resists the proud scoffer and calls instead for humility, which receives grace (Proverbs 3:34).
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- Ps 1:1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
- Eccl 7:8–9Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
- Prov 18:12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
- Matt 2:16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
- Prov 19:29Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
- Prov 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
- Prov 6:17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
- Prov 16:18Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
- Jer 48:29We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.
- Esth 3:5–6And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
- Isa 16:6We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
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