Penalties are prepared for scoffers,
and beatings for the backs of fools.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Proverbs 19:29 in context
Proverbs 19:26–29
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He who robs his father and drives away his mother
is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
27
If you stop listening to instruction, my son,
you will stray from the words of knowledge.
28
A corrupt witness mocks justice,
and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.
29
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Penalties are prepared for scoffers,
and beatings for the backs of fools.
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