Bible verse
Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
Proverbs 19:29 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 19.
25 Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.
26 He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.
27 If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
28 A corrupt witness mocks justice, and a wicked mouth swallows iniquity.
29 Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
KJV
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
ASV
Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.
ERV
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
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