| Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Pride or haughtiness manifested in contemptuous and overbearing treatment of others; arrogant contempt; brutal impudence. 2. (n.) The quality of being unusual or novel. 3. (n.) Insolent conduct or treatment; insult. 4. (v. t.) To insult. | Multi-Version Concordance Insolence (11 Occurrences) 1 Samuel 17:28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said: 'Why art thou come down? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy presumptuousness, and the naughtiness of thy heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.' (See NAS) 2 Kings 19:28 Because of thy raging against Me, and for that thy tumult is come up into Mine ears, therefore will I put My hook in thy nose, and My bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. (See NIV) Psalms 75:5 Lift not up your horn on high; Speak not with a stiff neck. (See JPS) Psalms 94:4 How long shall they utter and speak insolence all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? (DBY) Proverbs 13:10 The only effect of pride is fighting; but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit. (See NAS RSV) Isaiah 10:12 Therefore it will happen that, when the Lord has performed his whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the willful proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the insolence of his haughty looks. (WEB) Isaiah 16:6 We have had word of the pride of Moab, how great it is; how he is lifted up in pride and passion: his high words about himself are false. (See RSV NIV) Isaiah 37:29 Because of thy raging against Me, and for that thine uproar is come up into Mine ears, therefore will I put My hook in thy nose, and My bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. (See NIV) Jeremiah 48:30 I know his wrath, says Yahweh, that it is nothing; his boastings have worked nothing. (See RSV NIV) Daniel 11:18 After this shall he turn his face to the islands, and shall take many: but a prince shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; yes, moreover, he shall cause his reproach to turn on him. (See RSV NIV) Hosea 7:16 They turn back -- not to the Most High, They have been as a deceitful bow, Fall by sword do their princes, From the insolence of their tongue, This 'is' their derision in the land of Egypt! (YLT NAS RSV) |