World English Bible
Proverbs 19:29
“Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 19
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.