Sirach 27:31LXX
Orthodox Bible · LXX · Verse 31 of 33
"Mockery and reproach are of the proud, and vengeance as a lion shall lie in wait for him."
In context
29He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that setteth a stone for his neighbour, shall stumble upon it: and he that layeth a snare for another, shall perish in it.
30A mischievous counsel shall be rolled back upon the author, and he shall not know from whence it cometh to him.
31Mockery and reproach are of the proud, and vengeance as a lion shall lie in wait for him.
32They shall perish in a snare that are delighted with the fall of the just: and sorrow shall consume them before they die.
33Anger and fury are both of them abominable, and the sinful man shall be subject to them.