Proverbs 19:29
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מִשְׁפָּט
mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...
כּוּן
kûwn
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, ...
לוּץ
lûwts
properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
שׁוּב
shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...
כְּסִיל
kᵉçîyl
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
Key Terms in This Verse
לוּץ lûwts
properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
Study H3887 →כּוּן kûwn
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render su...
Study H3559 →מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the pla...
Study H4941 →שׁוּב shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Study H7725 →Cross References
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 whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
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