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Proverbs 1:26 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you, "

Proverbs 1:26

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24 Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;

25 but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof;

26 I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you,

27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come on you.

28 Then they will call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me,

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Psalms 35:26

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"Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me."

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Isaiah 47:11

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"Therefore disaster will come on you. You won’t know when it dawns. Mischief will fall on you. You won’t be able to put it away. Desolation will come on you suddenly, which you don’t understand."

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Proverbs 17:5

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"Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished."

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Job 31:23

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"For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because of his majesty, I can do nothing."

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Leviticus 26:16

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"I also will do this to you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away. You will sow your seed in vain, for your enemies will eat it."

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Psalms 37:13

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"The Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming."

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Proverbs 1:1

"The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:"

Proverbs 1:2

"to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;"

Proverbs 1:3

"to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;"

Proverbs 1:4

"to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young man—"

Proverbs 1:5

"that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel;"

Proverbs 1:6

"to understand a proverb and parables, the words and riddles of the wise."

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