Proverbs 3:34 (BSB)

He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.

From Proverbs 3. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 3:34

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 3:27-35: True wisdom consists in the due discharge of our duty towards man, as well as towards God, in honesty as well as piety, and therefore we have here divers excellent precepts of wisdom which relate to our neighbour. I. We must render to all their due, both in justice and charity, and not delay to do it (Pro 3:27, Pro 3:28): "Withhold not good from...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 3:34: Surely he scorneth the scorners,.... That make a mock at sin, a jest of religion, that scoff at the doctrines of the Gospel and the professors of it; these the Lord looks upon, laughs at, and has them in derision. The Greek version and two apostles render it, "he resisteth the proud", Pe1 5:5.
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 3:34: The retribution of sinners, as in Psa 18:26.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 3:34: Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. (q) He will show by his plagues that their scorn will turn to their own destruction, .