King James Version
Proverbs 19:29 in the King James Version says “Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.”
Proverbs 19:29 · KJV
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity. An: Heb. A witness of Belial
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“are prepared”
H3559properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
“for scorners”
H3887properly, to make mouths at, i.e., to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
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