Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.
Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
Judgments have been prepared for scorners, And stripes for the back of fools!
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of the foolish.
Proverbs — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
P R O V E R B S CHAP. XIX. The Disadvantages of Poverty. 1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. Here see, 1. What will be the credit and comfort of a poor man,…