Proverbs 19:29
in Proverbs 19Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
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ASV
Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.
KJV
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
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This verse in Proverbs 19
Commentary
4 notes on this verseJudgments are prepared for scorners,.... Either by the civil magistrate, or by the Lord, and indeed by both; and if they miss the one, they will certainly meet the other; though they mock at present punishment and a future judgment, yet everlasting fire is prepared for them, Mat 25:41; and stripes for the back of fools; as scorners are; which shall be inflicted on them sooner or later; if they are not stricken with the stripes of men, they shall endure the strokes of divine justice and vengeance hereafter.
This site's exposition
He that wasteth his father
on Proverbs 19:26-29
Wasting a father and chasing away a mother earns the son the names shame and reproach, the household's worst outcome named without softening. Cease, my son, to hear instruction that causes error is read by the bench as ironic warning, telling the son to stop listening to bad counsel rather than good. An ungodly witness scorns judgment and the wicked mouth devours iniquity, and the chapter closes where the book often does, judgments prepared for scorners and stripes for the back of fools, consequence stated as fact rather than threat.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
Judgments are prepared for scoffers, etc. Even if the reprobates, as has been said before, mock the divine judgment of either command or threat, nonetheless, the judgments of damnation prepared for them await, which, like a hammer on glowing iron, will strike them endlessly in …
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Stripes for the back of fools - Profane and wicked men expose themselves to the punishments denounced against such by just laws. Avoid, therefore, both their company and their end.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נָכ֣וֹנוּ | nakhonu | they are prepared | H3559 → | 217 times |
| לַלֵּצִ֣ים | laletzim | for <the> mockers | H3887 → | 28 times |
| שְׁפָטִ֑ים | shefatim | judgments | H8201 → | |
| וּ֝מַהֲלֻמ֗וֹת | umahalumot | and blows | H4112 → | |
| לְגֵ֣ו | legev | for [the] back of | H1460 → | 7 times |
| כְּסִילִֽים׃ | kesilim | fools | H3684 → | 70 times |
נָכ֣וֹנוּthey are prepared
nakhonuH3559 →217 times
לַלֵּצִ֣יםfor <the> mockers
laletzimH3887 →28 times
שְׁפָטִ֑יםjudgments
shefatimH8201 →
וּ֝מַהֲלֻמ֗וֹתand blows
umahalumotH4112 →
לְגֵ֣וfor [the] back of
legevH1460 →7 times
כְּסִילִֽים׃fools
kesilimH3684 →70 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 10:13Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.
it leads to
- Proverbs 26:3
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
- Proverbs 6:32
He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.
- Isaiah 50:4
The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
- Proverbs 26:3
Through
Proverbs 9:12If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
it leads to
- Job 22:2–3
“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
- Ezekiel 18:20
The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of…
- 2 Peter 3:3–4
Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
- Job 22:2–3
Through
Proverbs 26:3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
it leads to
- Proverbs 10:13
Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.
- 1 Corinthians 4:21
Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?
- Proverbs 10:13
About Proverbs
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Proverbs; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Proverbs of Solomon; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.