Proverbs 19:29
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
Proverbs 19:29 in other translations
| BSB | Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools. |
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| WEB | Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools. |
| ASV | Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools. |
| YLT | Judgments have been prepared for scorners, And stripes for the back of fools! |
| DARBY | Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of the foolish. |
| BBE | Rods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish. |
| Webster | Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools. |
What does Proverbs 19:29 mean?
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Proverbs 19:29 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 19:29
- Proverbs 26:3
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.
- Proverbs 10:13
In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
- Proverbs 9:12
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
- 2 Peter 3:3-7
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: …
- Acts 13:40-41
Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets; Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
- Hebrews 12:6
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
- Isaiah 28:22
Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord God of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
- Isaiah 29:20
For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
- Proverbs 18:6
A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
- Proverbs 3:34
Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
- Proverbs 17:10
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
- Proverbs 7:22
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
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Context
- Proverbs 19:28
An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
- Proverbs 19:29
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
Proverbs 19:29 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Aparejados están juicios para los escarnecedores, y azotes para los cuerpos de los insensatos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Les jugements sont préparés pour les moqueurs, et les coups pour le dos des sots. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Für die Spötter sind Gerichte bereit, und Schläge für den Rücken der Toren. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Parata sunt derisoribus judicia, et mallei percutientes stultorum corporibus. |