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

27My son, if you stop heeding instruction, you will stray from words of knowledge. 28A crooked witness scorns justice, and a wicked mouth devours iniquity. Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and floggings for the back 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 3:34Though He scoffs at the scoffers, He gives grace to the humble.
• Proverbs 9:12If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you scoff, you bear it alone.
• Isaiah 28:22So now, stop your scoffing, lest your shackles be strengthened! For I have heard from Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot of destruction determined upon the whole land.
• Isaiah 29:20For the ruthless will come to an end and the scorner will be finished, and all watching to do evil cut off.
• Acts 13:40“Be careful, then, so that what is said in the Prophets may not come upon you:
• 2 Peter 3:3First of all, understand that in the last days, scoffers will come scoffing, following after their own desires
• Proverbs 7:22Suddenly he follows her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a stag bounding toward a trap,
• Proverbs 10:13Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of one lacking sense.
• Proverbs 17:10A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred lashes on a fool.
• Proverbs 26:3A whip for a horse, a bridle for a donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.
• Hebrews 12:6because Adonai disciplines the one He loves and punishes 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

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