Proverbs 1:26 (BSB)

in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,

From Proverbs 1. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 1:26

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 1:20-33: Solomon, having shown how dangerous it is to hearken to the temptations of Satan, here shows how dangerous it is not to hearken to the calls of God, which we shall for ever rue the neglect of. Observe, I. By whom God calls to us - by wisdom. It is wisdom that crieth without.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 1:26: I also will laugh at your calamity,.... By way of retaliation, measuring measure for measure; even as they scorned him, and delighted in their scorning, now he in his turn will "laugh" at them and their distress; which act is ascribed to the Lord by an anthropopathy; see Psa 2:4; signifying that he should not at all pity them, show no compassion to them, and...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 1:26: In their extreme distress He will not only refuse help, but aggravate it by derision.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 1:26: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; (t) This is spoken according to our capacity signifying that the wicked, who mock and jest at God's word, will have the just reward of their mocking.