Proverbs 19:29
Proverbs chapter 19 · verse 29 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.
Context
v.28A worthless witness mocketh at justice; And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.
v.29This passage
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 29:20
For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scoffer ceaseth, and all they that watch for iniquity are cut off;
- 2 Peter 3:3
knowing this first, that in the last days mockers shall come with mockery, walking after their own lusts,
- Isaiah 28:22
Now therefore be ye not scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for a decree of destruction have I heard from the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, upon the whole earth.
- Proverbs 17:10
A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding Than a hundred stripes into a fool.
- Proverbs 9:12
If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.
- Proverbs 26:3
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.