Proverbs 19:29
Iudgementes are ordeyned for the scornefull, and stripes for fooles backes.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
In Context
28A wicked witnesse mocketh iudgement: and the mouth of the vngodly deuoureth wickednesse.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:22O ye children, howe long wyll ye loue childishnesse? howe long wyll the scorners delite in scornyng, and the vnwise hate knowledge?
Proverbs 9:12If thou be wise, thy wysdome shal do thy selfe good: but if thou thinkest scorne therof, it shalbe thine owne harme.
Proverbs 17:10One reproofe more feareth a wise man, then an hundred stripes doth a foole.
Proverbs 26:3Unto the horse belongeth a whip, to the asse a brydle: and a rod to the fooles backe.
Isaiah 29:20For he that dyd violence is brought to naught, and the scornefull man is consumed, and they rooted out that made haste early to vnrighteousnesse,
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 →