Proverbs 19:29
Shefatim (penalties, judgments) are prepared for scoffers, 1 and for kesilim, beatings for the back.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 1:22Ad mosai, ye simple ones, will ye love being simpletons? 1 And the scoffers delight in their mockery, 1 and kesilim (fools) hate da'as? 1
Proverbs 3:34Surely He scorneth the scorners; 1 but He giveth chen (grace, favor) unto the anayim (lowly, humble ones). 1
Proverbs 9:12If thou be chacham, thou shalt be wise for thyself, 1 but if thou mockest, thou alone shalt suffer. 1
Proverbs 17:10Ge'arah (scolding) goeth deeper into a meiven 1 than a hundred blows into a kesil (fool). 1
Proverbs 26:3A shot (whip) for the sus, a bridle for the chamor, 1 and a shevet for the back of kesilim. 1
Isaiah 29:20For the terrifying one is brought to naught, 1 and the scoffer is consumed, 1 and all that strive for avon are cut off; 1
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 →