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Proverbs 1:26
So in the day of your trouble I will be laughing; I will make sport of your fear;
Proverbs 1:26 · Bible in Basic English
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Proverbs 1:26 in other translations
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,
I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you,
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In context
23 Be turned again by my sharp words: see, I will send the flow of my spirit on you, and make my words clear to you.
24 Because your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand;
25 You were not controlled by my guiding, and would have nothing to do with my sharp words:
26 So in the day of your trouble I will be laughing; I will make sport of your fear;
27 When your fear comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on you.
28 Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me:
29 For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:
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