Proverbs 19:29
Judgments are prepared for those who ridicule. And striking hammers are prepared for the bodies of the foolish.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
In Context
28An unjust witness ridicules judgment. And the mouth of the impious devours iniquity.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:22“Little ones, how long will you choose to be childish, and how long will the foolish desire what is harmful to themselves, and how long will the imprudent hate knowledge?
Proverbs 3:34He will ridicule those who ridicule, but he will bestow grace upon the mild.
Proverbs 9:12If you would be wise, you will be so for yourself. But if you would be one who ridicules, you alone shall carry the evil.
Proverbs 17:10A correction benefits more with a wise man, than a hundred stripes with a fool.
Proverbs 26:3A whip is for a horse, and a muzzle is for donkey, and a rod is for the back of the imprudent.
Isaiah 29:20For the one who was prevailing has failed, the one who was mocking has been consumed, and all those who were standing guard over iniquity have been cut down.
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 →