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Proverbs 19:29 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 19 · verse 29
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.Proverbs 19:29 · King James Version
Proverbs 19:29 in context
27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
28An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
29Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Judgmentsshepheṭa sentenceH8201 →
- preparedkûwnproperly, to be erectH3559 →
- scornerslûwtsproperly, to make mouths atH3887 →
- stripesmahălummâha blowH4112 →
- backgêvthe backH1460 →
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Note, 1. Scorners are fools. Those that ridicule things sacred and serious do but make themselves ridiculous. Their folly shall be manifest unto all men. 2. Those that scorn judgments cannot escape them, Pro 19:28. The unbelief of man shall not make God's threatenings of no effect;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary