Proverbs 3:34

New English Translation

Although he is scornful to arrogant scoffers, yet he shows favor to the humble.

Cross References

Psalm 138:6

Though the Lord is exalted, he takes note of the lowly, and recognizes the proud from far away.

Psalm 18:26

You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse.

Proverbs 1:26

so I myself will laugh when disaster strikes you, I will mock when what you dread comes,

Proverbs 14:9

Fools mock at reparation, but among the upright there is favor.

Proverbs 16:19

It is better to be lowly in spirit with the afflicted than to share the spoils with the proud.

Proverbs 19:29

Judgments are prepared for scorners, and floggings for the backs of fools.

Proverbs 21:24

A proud and arrogant person, whose name is “Scoffer,” acts with overbearing pride.

Proverbs 9:12

If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you are a mocker, you alone must bear it.

Isaiah 57:15

For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: “I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.

James 4:6

But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”

1 Peter 5:5

In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.