Proverbs 19:29
Punishments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
In Context
28A worthless witness scoffeth at justice, And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth down iniquity.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? How long will scoffers delight themselves in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 3:34Surely the scorners he treadeth scornfully, But giveth favor to the lowly.
Proverbs 9:12If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou art a scoffer, thou alone must bear it.”
Proverbs 17:10A reproof will penetrate deeper into a wise man Than a hundred stripes into a fool.
Proverbs 26:3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of the fool.
Isaiah 29:20For the oppressor hath come to naught; the scoffer is destroyed; And all that watched for iniquity 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 →