Proverbs 19:29

New Century Version

People who make fun of wisdom will be punished, and the backs of foolish people will be beaten.

Cross References

Proverbs 26:3

Whips are for horses, and harnesses are for donkeys, so paddles are good for fools.

Proverbs 10:13

Wise people speak with understanding, but people without wisdom should be punished.

Proverbs 9:12

The wise person is rewarded by wisdom, but whoever makes fun of wisdom will suffer for it.”

Hebrews 12:6

The Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as his child.”

Isaiah 29:20

Then the people without mercy will come to an end; those who do not respect God will disappear. Those who enjoy doing evil will be gone:

Isaiah 28:22

Now, you must not make fun of these things, or the ropes around you will become tighter. The Lord God All-Powerful has told me how the whole earth will be destroyed.

Proverbs 18:6

The words of fools start quarrels. They make people want to beat them.

Proverbs 17:10

A wise person will learn more from a warning than a fool will learn from a hundred lashings.

Proverbs 7:22

All at once he followed her, like an ox led to the butcher, like a deer caught in a trap

Proverbs 3:34

The Lord laughs at those who laugh at him, but he gives grace to those who are not proud.

Deuteronomy 25:2

If the guilty person has to be punished with a beating, the judge will make that person lie down and be beaten in front of him. The number of lashes should match the crime.

Psalm 1:1

Happy are those who don’t listen to the wicked, who don’t go where sinners go, who don’t do what evil people do.

2 Kings 2:24

Elisha turned around, looked at them, and put a curse on them in the name of the Lord. Then two mother bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys to pieces.

Proverbs 1:22

“You fools, how long will you be foolish? How long will you make fun of wisdom and hate knowledge?

Proverbs 1:26

So I will laugh when you are in trouble. I will make fun when disaster strikes you,