New English Translation
Proverbs 19:29
29Judgments are prepared for scorners, and floggings for the backs of fools.
Proverbs 19:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
- New International Version (NIV)Penalties are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Condemnation is ready for scoffers, and beating for the backs of fools.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And beatings for the backs of fools.
Context of Proverbs 19:29
27If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will stray from the words of knowledge. 28A crooked witness scorns justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity. Judgments are prepared for scorners, and floggings for the backs of fools.
Read all of Proverbs 19Proverbs 19:29 word by word
נָכ֣וֹנוּ לַלֵּצִ֣ים שְׁפָטִ֑ים וּ֝מַהֲלֻמ֗וֹת לְגֵ֣ו כְּסִילִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 19:29
- Proverbs 3:34Although he is scornful to arrogant scoffers, yet he shows favor to the humble.
- Proverbs 9:12If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you are a mocker, you alone must bear it.
- Isaiah 28:22So now, do not mock, or your chains will become heavier! For I have heard a message about decreed destruction, from the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, against the entire land.
- Isaiah 29:20For tyrants will disappear, those who taunt will vanish, and all those who love to do wrong will be eliminated –
- Acts 13:40Watch out, then, that what is spoken about by the prophets does not happen to you:
- 2 Peter 3:3Above all, understand this: In the last days blatant scoffers will come, being propelled by their own evil urges
- Proverbs 7:22Suddenly he went after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare
- Proverbs 10:13Wisdom is found in the words of the discerning person, but the one who lacks wisdom will be disciplined.
- Proverbs 17:10A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool.
- Proverbs 26:3A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
- Hebrews 12:6“For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts.”
Commentaries on Proverbs 19:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Stripes for the back of fools - Profane and wicked men expose themselves to the punishments denounced against such by just laws. Avoid, therefore, both their company and their end.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 29Verse 29 The unbelief of man shall not make God's threatenings of no effect. Christ himself, when bearing sins not his own, was not spared. Justice and judgment took hold of our blessed Surety; and will God spare obstinate sinners?Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. Their punishment is sure, fixed, and ready (compare Pr 3:34; 10:13).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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