Proverbs 19:29
Scourges are preparing for the intemperate, 1 And punishments likewise for fools.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 1:22So long as the simple cleave to justice, they shall not be ashamed: 1 But the foolish being lovers of haughtiness, 1 Having become ungodly have hated knowledge, 1 And are become subject to reproofs. 1
Proverbs 3:34The Lord resists the proud; 1 But he gives grace to the humble. 1
Proverbs 9:12c And he goes through a dry desert, 1 And a land appointed to drought, 1 And he gathers barrenness with his hands. 1
Proverbs 17:10A threat breaks down the heart of a wise man; 1 But a fool, though scourged, understands not. 1
Proverbs 26:3As a whip for a horse, and a goad for an ass, 1 So is a rod for a simple nation. 1
Isaiah 29:20The lawless man has come to nought, and the proud man has perished, and they that transgress mischievously have been utterly destroyed:
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 →