Proverbs 19:29
Prepared for scoffers, are punishments, and stripes, for the back of dullards.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
In Context
28An abandoned witness, scorneth justice, and, the mouth of lawless men, swalloweth iniquity.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and, scoffers, in scoffing, delight them? and, dullards, hate knowledge?
Proverbs 3:34Though at scoffers he scoffeth, yet, to the humbled, he granteth favour.
Proverbs 9:12If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself, but, if thou scoff, alone, shalt thou bear it.
Proverbs 17:10A reproof sinketh more deeply into an intelligent man than a hundred stripes, into a dullard!
Proverbs 26:3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of dullards.
Isaiah 29:20For the tyrant, hath vanished, And the scoffer, is no more, Yea cut off are all who watch for iniquity:—
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 →