Proverbs 19:29

נָכוֹנוּ לַלֵּצִים שְׁפָטִים וּמַהֲלֻמוֹת לְגֵו כְּסִילִֽים ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

In Context

28עֵד בְּלִיַּעַל יָלִיץ מִשְׁפָּט וּפִי רְשָׁעִים יְבַלַּע ־ אָֽוֶן ׃

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:22עַד ־ מָתַי ׀ פְּתָיִם תְּֽאֵהֲבוּ פֶתִי וְלֵצִים לָצוֹן חָמְדוּ לָהֶם וּכְסִילִים יִשְׂנְאוּ ־ דָֽעַת ׃

Proverbs 3:34אִם ־ לַלֵּצִים הֽוּא ־ יָלִיץ ולעניים יִתֶּן ־ חֵֽן ׃

Proverbs 9:12אִם ־ חָכַמְתָּ חָכַמְתָּ לָּךְ וְלַצְתָּ לְֽבַדְּךָ תִשָּֽׂא ׃

Proverbs 17:10תֵּחַת גְּעָרָה בְמֵבִין מֵהַכּוֹת כְּסִיל מֵאָֽה ׃

Proverbs 26:3שׁוֹט לַסּוּס מֶתֶג לַחֲמוֹר וְשֵׁבֶט לְגֵו כְּסִילִֽים ׃

Isaiah 29:20כִּֽי ־ אָפֵס עָרִיץ וְכָלָה לֵץ וְנִכְרְתוּ כָּל ־ שֹׁקְדֵי אָֽוֶן ׃

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 →

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