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.
• 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 turn your back on knowledge. 28A corrupt witness makes a mockery of justice; the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil. Punishment is made for mockers, and the backs of fools are made to be beaten.

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 3:34The Lord mocks the mockers but is gracious to the humble.
• Proverbs 9:12If you become wise, you will be the one to benefit. If you scorn wisdom, you will be the one to suffer.
• Isaiah 28:22For the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, has plainly said that he is determined to crush the whole land. So scoff no more, or your punishment will be even greater.
• Isaiah 29:20The scoffer will be gone, the arrogant will disappear, and those who plot evil will be killed.
• Acts 13:40Be careful! Don’t let the prophets’ words apply to you. For they said,
• 2 Peter 3:3Most importantly, I want to remind you that in the last days scoffers will come, mocking the truth and following their own desires.
• Proverbs 7:22He followed her at once, like an ox going to the slaughter. He was like a stag caught in a trap,
• Proverbs 10:13Wise words come from the lips of people with understanding, but those lacking sense will be beaten with a rod.
• Proverbs 17:10A single rebuke does more for a person of understanding than a hundred lashes on the back of a fool.
• Proverbs 26:3Guide a horse with a whip, a donkey with a bridle, and a fool with a rod to his back!
• Hebrews 12:6For the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes each one he accepts as his child.”

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