Proverbs 19:29

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Prov 26:3 : 3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the fool’s back.
  • Prov 10:13 : 13 In the lips of one who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of one who is void of understanding.
  • Prov 9:12 : 12 If you are wise, you will be wise for yourself: but if you scorn, you alone shall bear it.
  • Prov 17:10 : 10 A reproof enters more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.
  • Prov 18:6 : 6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for blows.
  • Prov 3:34 : 34 Surely he scorns the scorners: but he gives grace to the lowly.
  • Prov 7:22 : 22 He goes after her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
  • Isa 28:22 : 22 Now therefore do not be mockers, lest your bonds be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
  • Isa 29:20 : 20 For the terrible one is brought to nothing, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
  • Acts 13:40-41 : 40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets; 41 Behold, you despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I am working a work in your days, a work which you will not believe, though a man declare it to you.
  • Heb 12:6 : 6 For whom the Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives."
  • 2 Pet 3:3-7 : 3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens existed of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: 6 By which the world that then existed, being overflowed with water, perished: 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved for fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

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  • Prov 26:3-5
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    3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the fool’s back.

    4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

    5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

  • 25 Strike a scorner, and the simple will beware; and reprove one who has understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

  • 9 The thought of foolishness is sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to men.

  • 28 An ungodly witness scorns judgment, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.

  • 75%

    10 A reproof enters more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.

    11 An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

  • 6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for blows.

  • 29 Be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishments of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment.

  • 11 When the scorner is punished, the simple becomes wise; and when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

  • 7 He who reproves a scoffer gets to himself shame: and he who rebukes a wicked man gets himself a blot.

  • 15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  • Prov 14:8-9
    2 verses
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    8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

    9 Fools mock at sin, but among the righteous there is favor.

  • 13 In the lips of one who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of one who is void of understanding.

  • 1 He who is often reproved and hardens his neck shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

  • Prov 29:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare; but wise men turn away wrath.

    9 If a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether he rages or laughs, there is no rest.

  • 17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

  • Prov 26:9-10
    2 verses
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    9 Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

    10 The great God who formed all things rewards the fool, and rewards transgressors.

  • 3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

  • 2 And it shall be, if the wicked man deserves to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence, according to his fault, by a number of strokes.

  • 6 A scorner seeks wisdom and does not find it, but knowledge is easy to him who understands.

  • 5 A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

  • Isa 29:20-21
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    20 For the terrible one is brought to nothing, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:

    21 That make a man an offender by a word, and lay a snare for him that reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nothing.

  • 24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who deals in arrogant wrath.

  • 3 The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • 12 A scorner does not love one who reproves him, nor will he go to the wise.

  • 22 "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? And the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

  • 10 Delight is not fitting for a fool; much less for a servant to rule over princes.

  • 5 Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he who is glad at calamity shall not go unpunished.

  • 1 A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

  • 19 The righteous see it and are glad, and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

  • 17 But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on you.

  • 3 When the wicked comes, contempt also comes, and with dishonor, reproach.

  • 16 A fool's wrath is immediately known, but a prudent man covers shame.

  • 25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

  • 35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the legacy of fools.

  • 24 The crown of the wise is their riches, but the foolishness of fools is folly.

  • 33 Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the heart of fools is made known.

  • 18 Poverty and shame shall be to him who refuses instruction, but he who regards reproof shall be honored.

  • 19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment; for if you deliver him, yet you must do it again.

  • 9 Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

  • 11 A fool utters all his mind; but a wise man keeps it in till afterward.

  • 19 For you gladly bear with fools, seeing that you yourselves are wise.

  • 10 Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall go out; yes, strife and reproach shall cease.

  • 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.