Proverbs 19:29

Bible in Basic English 1965

Rods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish.

Cross References

2 Kings 2:24

And turning back, he saw them, and put a curse on them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the wood and put forty-two of the children to death.

Psalm 1:1

Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.

Proverbs 1:22

How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?

Proverbs 1:26

So in the day of your trouble I will be laughing; I will make sport of your fear;

Proverbs 10:13

In the lips of him who has knowledge wisdom is seen; but a rod is ready for the back of him who is without sense.

Proverbs 17:10

A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.

Proverbs 18:6

A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.

Proverbs 26:3

A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.

Proverbs 3:34

He makes sport of the men of pride, but he gives grace to the gentle-hearted.

Proverbs 7:22

The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord;

Proverbs 9:12

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if your heart is full of pride, you only will have the pain of it.

Isaiah 28:22

And now, take care that you do not make sport of him, or your bands will be made strong; for I have had word from the Lord, the Lord of armies, of an end, of a complete end, which is to come on all the land.

Isaiah 29:20

For the cruel one has come to nothing; and those who make sport of the Lord are gone; and those who are watching to do evil are cut off:

Deuteronomy 25:2

And if the wrongdoer is to undergo punishment by whipping, the judge will give orders for him to go down on his face and be whipped before him, the number of the blows being in relation to his crime.

Hebrews 12:6

For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod.