Proverbs 19:29
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
King James Version
In Context
28An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 3:34Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
Proverbs 9:12If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
Proverbs 17:10A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Proverbs 26:3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.
Isaiah 29:20For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch 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 →