29Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
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A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
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.
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 29)Note, 1. Scorners are fools. Those that ridicule things sacred and serious do but make themselves ridiculous. Their folly shall be manifest unto all men . 2. Those that scorn judgments cannot escape them, Prov. 19:28. The unbelief of man shall not make God’s threatenings of no effect; those that devour iniquity swallow the hook with the bait. The civil magistrate has judgments prepared for scorner…
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