Proverbs 19:29
Condemnation is ready for mockers 1 and flogging for the backs of fools.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
In Context
28A corrupt witness mocks justice 1 and the mouth of the wicked swallows iniquity. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 1:22“How long, you naive people, will you love being naive? 1 How long, you mockers, will you delight in mockery, 1 and how long, you fools, will you hate knowledge? 1
Proverbs 3:34He mocks mockers, 1 but he gives his favor to humble people. 1
Proverbs 9:12If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, 1 and if you mock, you will carry it by yourself.” 1
Proverbs 17:10A rebuke goes deeper into a person who has understanding 1 than a hundred blows go into a fool. 1
Proverbs 26:3A whip is for the horse, a bridle is for the donkey 1 and a rod is for the back of fools. 1
Isaiah 29:20For the ruthless will cease, and the scoffer will vanish. All those who love to do evil will be eliminated, 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 →