THEOSISProverbs 3:34Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
He shall scorn the scorners, and to the meek he will give grace.
אִם־לַלֵּצִ֥ים הֽוּא־יָלִ֑יץ ולעניים וְ֝לַעֲנָוִ֗ים יִתֶּן־חֵֽן׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Jas 4:6But he giveth greater grace. Wherefore he saith: God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble.
- 1 Pet 5:5In like manner, ye young men, be subject to the ancients. And do you all insinuate humility one to another: for God resisteth the proud, but to the humble he giveth grace.
- Ps 138 (137):6
- Prov 9:12If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil.
- Isa 57:15For thus saith the High and the Eminent that inhabiteth eternity: and his name is Holy, who dwelleth in the high and holy place, and with a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
- Prov 21:24The proud and the arrogant is called ignorant, who in anger worketh pride.
- Prov 9:7He that teacheth a scorner, doth an injury to himself; and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot.
- Prov 9:8Rebuke not a scorner, lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.