Proverbs 19:29
Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and stripes for the back of fools.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
In Context
28A worthless witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked swallows iniquity.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 3:34Surely the Lord is opposed to the arrogant (LXX/NT), but he gives grace to the lowly.
Proverbs 9:12If thou are wise, thou are wise for thyself. And if thou scoff, thou alone shall bear it.
Proverbs 17:10A rebuke enters deeper into him who has understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.
Proverbs 26:3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.
Isaiah 29:20For the terrible one is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases. And all those who watch for iniquity are cut off,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:29
28 An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity. Here is a description of the worst of sinners, whose hearts are fully set in them to do evil. 1. They set that at defiance which would deter and detain them from sin: An ungodly witness is one that bears false witness against his neighbour, and will forswear himself to do another a mischief, in which there is not only great injustice, but great impiety; this is one of the worst of men. Or an ungodly witness is one that… Read the whole commentary →