The Lord Will

Proverbs 1:26

β€œI also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;”

KJV

Read in Proverbs 1

Meaning

The personified speech dramatizes the reversal between mocked wisdom and the consequences of rejecting it.

Read carefully

The verse is severe poetic personification of Wisdom's vindication, not an ethical command to ridicule suffering people.

Reflection

Learn from the situation without delighting in another person's pain.