Proverbs 19:29 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁹ Judgments are prepared for scorners, And stripes for the back of fools.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ Judgments are prepared for scorners, And stripes for the back of fools.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and stripes for the backs of [self-confident] fools. [Isa. 32:6.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.

Common English Bible

²⁹ Punishments were made for mockers, and blows for the backs of fools.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ Judgments are prepared for those who ridicule. And striking hammers are prepared for the bodies of the foolish.

Proverbs 19:29 Cross References

Proverbs 26:3

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.

Proverbs 10:13

In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found: But a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

Proverbs 9:12

If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself: And if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

Hebrews 12:6

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

Isaiah 29:20

For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner ceaseth, and all they that watch for iniquity are cut off:

Isaiah 28:22

Now therefore be ye not scorners, lest your bands be made strong: for a consummation, and that determined, have I heard from the Lord, the LORD of hosts, upon the whole earth.

Proverbs 18:6

A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.

Proverbs 17:10

A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding Than an hundred stripes into a fool.

Proverbs 7:22

He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as fetters to the correction of the fool;

Proverbs 3:34

Surely he scorneth the scorners, But he giveth grace unto the lowly.

Deuteronomy 25:2

and it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his wickedness, by number.

Psalm 1:1

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful

2 Kings 2:24

And he looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

Proverbs 1:22

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scorners delight them in scorning, And fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 1:26

I also will laugh in the day of your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;