A proud and haughty man— “Scoffer” is his name; He acts with arrogant pride.
Parallel translations
- WEB The proud and haughty man, “scoffer” is his name; he works in the arrogance of pride.
- KJV Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
- BSB Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man—of him who acts with excessive 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).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Ps 1:1Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
- Eccl 7:8–9Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
- Prov 18:12Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.
- Matt 2:16Then 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.
- Prov 19:29Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
- Prov 1:22“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?
- Prov 6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;
- Prov 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- Jer 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.
- Esth 3:5–6When Haman saw that Mordecai didn’t bow down, nor pay him homage, Haman was full of wrath.
- Isa 16:6We 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.
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