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Proverbs 19:29
Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.
Proverbs 19:29 · American Standard Version
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Proverbs 19:29 in other translations
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
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In context
26 He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.
27 Cease, my son, to hear instruction Only to err from the words of knowledge.
28 A worthless witness mocketh at justice; And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.
29 Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.
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