Proverbs 21:24
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24 A proud and haughty man—“Scoffer” is his name;
He acts with arrogant pride.
Psalm 1:1
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BOOK ONE
Psalms 1–41
The Way of the Righteous and the End of the Ungodly
1 Blessed (A)is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the [a]ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
(B)Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
Footnotes
- Psalm 1:1 wicked
Ecclesiastes 7:8-9
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8 The end of a thing is better than its beginning;
(A)The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9 (B)Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry,
For anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Proverbs 19:29
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29 Judgments are prepared for scoffers,
(A)And beatings for the backs of fools.
Proverbs 18:12
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12 (A)Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty,
And before honor is humility.
Proverbs 1:22
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22 “How long, you [a]simple ones, will you love [b]simplicity?
For scorners delight in their scorning,
And fools hate knowledge.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:22 naive
- Proverbs 1:22 naivete
Matthew 2:16
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Massacre of the Innocents
16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men.
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Jeremiah 48:29
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29 “We have heard the (A)pride of Moab
(He is exceedingly proud),
Of his loftiness and arrogance and (B)pride,
And of the haughtiness of his heart.”
Isaiah 16:6
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6 We have heard of the (A)pride of Moab—
He is very proud—
Of his haughtiness and his pride and his wrath;
(B)But his [a]lies shall not be so.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 16:6 Lit. vain talk
Proverbs 16:18
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18 Pride goes before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before [a]a fall.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:18 stumbling
Proverbs 6:17
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:17 Lit. Haughty eyes
Esther 3:5-6
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5 When Haman saw that Mordecai (A)did not bow or pay him homage, Haman was (B)filled with wrath. 6 But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had told him of the people of Mordecai. Instead, Haman (C)sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus—the people of Mordecai.
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