Proverbs 19:29
Judgments are prepared for scorners: and striking hammers for the bodies of fools.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
In Context
28An unjust witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:22O children, how long will you love childishness, and fools covet those things which are hurtful to themselves, and the unwise hate knowledge?
Proverbs 3:34He shall scorn the scorners, and to the meek he will give grace.
Proverbs 9:12If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil.
Proverbs 17:10A reproof availeth more with a wise man, than a hundred stripes with a fool.
Proverbs 26:3A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the back of fools.
Isaiah 29:20For he that did prevail hath failed, the scorner is consumed, and they are all cut off that watched for iniquity:
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 →