Proverbs 3:34
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.”
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Read Proverbs 3:34 in the flow of Proverbs3 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Proverbs3 to see the surrounding context.
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BSBPD
“He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Surely he scoffeth at the scoffers; But he giveth grace unto the lowly.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“If the scorners He doth scorn, Yet to the humble He doth give grace.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 3:34 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 138:6Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
- Proverbs 1:26in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,
- Proverbs 9:7He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
- Proverbs 9:12If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
- Proverbs 19:29Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
- Proverbs 21:24Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man— of him who acts with excessive pride.
- Isaiah 57:15For 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 4:6But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- 1 Peter 5:5Young 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.”
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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