Proverbs 3:34

The Passion Translation

If you walk with the mockers you will learn to mock, but God’s grace and favor flow to the meek.

Cross References

Psalm 138:6

For though you are lofty and exalted, you stoop to embrace the lowly. Yet you keep your distance from those filled with pride.

Psalm 18:26

And for those who are purified, they find you always pure. But you’ll outwit the crooked and cunning with your craftiness.

Proverbs 1:26

I will laugh when your calamity comes and will turn away from you at the time of your disaster. Make a joke of my advice, will you? Then I’ll make a joke out of you!

Proverbs 14:9

Fools mock the need for repentance, while the favor of God rests upon all his lovers.

Proverbs 16:19

It’s better to be meek and lowly and live among the poor than to live high and mighty among the rich and famous.

Proverbs 19:29

Judgment is waiting for those who mock the truth, and foolish living invites a beating.

Proverbs 21:24

An arrogant man is inflated with pride— nothing but a snooty scoffer in love with his own opinion. Mr. Mocker is his name!

Proverbs 9:12

So it is to your advantage to be wise. But to ignore the counsel of wisdom is to invite trouble into your life.

Isaiah 57:15

For this is what the high and majestic one says, the one who fills the eternal realm with glory, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in high and holy places but also with the bruised and lowly in spirit, those who are humble and quick to repent. I dwell with them to revive the spirit of the humble, to revive the heart of those who are broken over their sin.

James 4:6

But he continues to pour out more and more grace upon us. For it says, “God resists you when you are proud but continually pours out grace when you are humble.”

1 Peter 5:5

In the same way, the younger ones should willingly support the leadership of the elders. In every relationship, each of you must wrap around yourself the apron of a humble servant. Because: God resists you when you are proud but multiplies grace and favor when you are humble.