Proverbs 19:29
Judgments have been prepared for scorners, And stripes for the back of fools!
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
In Context
28A worthless witness scorneth judgment, And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:22'Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 3:34If the scorners He doth scorn, Yet to the humble He doth give grace.
Proverbs 9:12If thou hast been wise, thou hast been wise for thyself, And thou hast scorned — thyself bearest [it].
Proverbs 17:10Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.
Proverbs 26:3A whip is for a horse, a bridle for an ass, And a rod for the back of fools.
Isaiah 29:20For ceased hath the terrible one, And consumed hath been the scorner, And cut off have been all watching 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 →