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Proverbs 19:29 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools. "
Proverbs 19:29
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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 Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
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Scorners are fools. People who laugh at what is sacred and serious only make themselves look foolish. In time, their folly will be clear to everyone.
Those who mock judgments cannot escape them (Proverbs 19:28). Human unbelief does not cancel out God’s warnings. People who keep sinning as if they can enjoy it without harm will find that they have swallowed the hook with the bait. Civil rulers have judgments ready for scoffers, because the sword is not meant to be carried in vain. But if a ruler is careless and overlooks sin, God’s judgments still do not sleep. They are ready (Matthew 25:41).
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Proverbs 19:1
"Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool."
Proverbs 19:2
"It isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge, nor to be hasty with one’s feet and miss the way."
Proverbs 19:3
"The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against the LORD."
Proverbs 19:4
"Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend."
Proverbs 19:5
"A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free."
Proverbs 19:6
"Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts."
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