Proverbs 19:29
Rods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 1:22How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?
Proverbs 3:34He makes sport of the men of pride, but he gives grace to the gentle-hearted.
Proverbs 9:12If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if your heart is full of pride, you only will have the pain of it.
Proverbs 17:10A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.
Proverbs 26:3A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.
Isaiah 29:20For the cruel one has come to nothing; and those who make sport of the Lord are gone; and those who are watching to do evil 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 →