Pro 21:24 | MHM | STEP | The Dangers of Pride and Scorn This section warns us about the problems that come from pride and arrogance. When people are proud, they often become angry and hard to get along with. Pride leads to many arguments and hurts relationships with others. It also damages a person's reputation, making people not want to be around them. v. 24 : Pride and arrogance cause people to act with proud wrath . They get angry easily and argue with others as if it is their main activity. This kind of anger is based on pride. People who are proud cannot stand being disagreed with or corrected. Their pride makes them scornful and rude when they are angry, and they may speak badly to others, even those in authority. All of this comes from pride. In the end, proud people become known as proud and haughty scorners , and others do not want to be around them. If people cared about their reputation and how others see them, they would not let pride control them.

‏ Proverbs 21:24

The Dangers of Pride and Scorn

This section warns us about the problems that come from pride and arrogance. When people are proud, they often become angry and hard to get along with. Pride leads to many arguments and hurts relationships with others. It also damages a person's reputation, making people not want to be around them.

v. 24: Pride and arrogance cause people to act with proud wrath . They get angry easily and argue with others as if it is their main activity. This kind of anger is based on pride. People who are proud cannot stand being disagreed with or corrected. Their pride makes them scornful and rude when they are angry, and they may speak badly to others, even those in authority. All of this comes from pride. In the end, proud people become known as proud and haughty scorners, and others do not want to be around them. If people cared about their reputation and how others see them, they would not let pride control them.