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Proverbs 19:29

Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

KJV

Parata sunt derisoribus judicia, et mallei percutientes stultorum corporibus.

Vulgate

Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.

ASV

נָכ֣וֹנוּ לַ/לֵּצִ֣ים שְׁפָטִ֑ים וּ֝/מַהֲלֻמ֗וֹת לְ/גֵ֣ו כְּסִילִֽים

Hebrew

Judgments are prepared for scorners: and striking hammers for the bodies of fools.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

גֵ֣ו
gv
noun · 7×
כְּסִ֑יל
ksyl
noun · 69×
לֵ֭ץ
lts
verb · 27×
מַהֲלֻמ֥וֹת
mhlmvt
noun · 2×
נָכ֣וֹן
nkvn
verb · 217×
שְׁפָטִ֖ים
shptym
noun · 16×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Pet 3:3 — Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
  • Acts 13:40 — Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;
  • Judg 8:16 — And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
  • Prov 1:22 — How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 3:34 — Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
  • Prov 9:12 — If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
  • Prov 10:13 — In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
  • Prov 10:13 — In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
  • Prov 21:24 — Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
  • Prov 26:3 — A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.
  • Ps 1:1 — Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.