Proverbs 19:29

Proverbs 19:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Punishment is made for mockers, and the backs of fools are made to be beaten.

Context of Proverbs 19:29

27Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge. 28A corrupt witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil. Penalties are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

Proverbs 19:29 word by word

נָכ֣וֹנוּ לַלֵּצִ֣ים שְׁפָטִ֑ים וּ֝מַהֲלֻמ֗וֹת לְגֵ֣ו כְּסִילִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Judgmentsשֶׁ֫פֶטshepheţ · judgmentH8201
• are preparedכּוּןkûn · to establish: prepareH3559
• for scornersלִיץlûts · to mockH3887
• and stripesמַהֲלֻמֿוֹתmahălûmmâh · blowH4112
• for the backגֵּוgêv · backH1460
• of foolsכְּסִילkesîyl · foolH3684

Cross-references for Proverbs 19:29

• Proverbs 3:34He mocks proud mockers but shows favor to the humble and oppressed.
• Proverbs 9:12If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.
• Isaiah 28:22Now stop your mocking, or your chains will become heavier; the Lord, the Lord Almighty, has told me of the destruction decreed against the whole land.
• Isaiah 29:20The ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who have an eye for evil will be cut down—
• Acts 13:40Take care that what the prophets have said does not happen to you:
• 2 Peter 3:3Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
• Proverbs 7:22All at once he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer stepping into a noose
• Proverbs 10:13Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of one who has no sense.
• Proverbs 17:10A rebuke impresses a discerning person more than a hundred lashes a fool.
• Proverbs 26:3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
• Hebrews 12:6because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”

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

Topics related to Proverbs 19:29

• Infidelity
• Punishment
• Scoffing

In the dictionaries

• Judgment
• Pity
• Scorner
• Slothfulness
• Proverb
• Proverbs, the Book of

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