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Proverbs 19:29
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Proverbs 19:29
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29 Punishments are prepared for scoffers
and flogging for the backs of fools.(A)
Proverbs 19:29
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Proverbs 19:29
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29 Penalties are prepared for mockers,
and beatings for the backs of fools.(A)
Proverbs 26:3
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Proverbs 26:3
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3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
and a rod for the back of fools.(A)
Proverbs 26:3
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Proverbs 26:3
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Proverbs 10:13
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Proverbs 10:13
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13 On the lips of one who has understanding wisdom is found,
but a rod is for the back of one who lacks sense.(A)
Proverbs 10:13
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Proverbs 10:13
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Proverbs 9:12
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Proverbs 9:12
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12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself;
if you scoff, you alone will bear it.(A)
Proverbs 9:12
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Proverbs 9:12
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12 If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you;
if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.
2 Peter 3:3-7
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2 Peter 3:3-7
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3 First of all you must understand this, that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and indulging their own lusts(A) 4 and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since our ancestors died,[a] all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation!”(B) 5 They deliberately ignore this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water,(C) 6 through which the world of that time was deluged with water and perished.(D) 7 But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the godless.(E)
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- 3.4 Gk our fathers fell asleep
2 Peter 3:3-7
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2 Peter 3:3-7
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3 Above all, you must understand that in the last days(A) scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.(B) 4 They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised?(C) Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.”(D) 5 But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word(E) the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water.(F) 6 By these waters also the world of that time(G) was deluged and destroyed.(H) 7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire,(I) being kept for the day of judgment(J) and destruction of the ungodly.
Hebrews 12:6
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Hebrews 12:6
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6 for the Lord disciplines those whom he loves
and chastises every child whom he accepts.”(A)
Hebrews 12:6
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Hebrews 12:6
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Acts 13:40-41
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Acts 13:40-41
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40 Beware, therefore, that what the prophets said does not happen to you:(A)
41 ‘Look, you scoffers!
Be amazed and perish,
for in your days I am doing a work,
a work that you will never believe, even if someone tells you.’ ”
Acts 13:40-41
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Acts 13:40-41
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40 Take care that what the prophets have said does not happen to you:
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- Acts 13:41 Hab. 1:5
Isaiah 29:20
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Isaiah 29:20
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20 For the tyrant shall be no more,
and the scoffer shall cease to be;
all those alert to do evil shall be cut off—(A)
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Isaiah 29:20
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Isaiah 28:22
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Isaiah 28:22
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22 Now therefore do not scoff,
or your bonds will be made stronger,
for I have heard a decree of destruction
from the Lord God of hosts upon the whole land.(A)
Isaiah 28:22
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Isaiah 28:22
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Proverbs 18:6
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Proverbs 18:6
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6 A fool’s lips bring strife,
and a fool’s mouth invites a flogging.
Proverbs 18:6
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Proverbs 18:6
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6 The lips of fools bring them strife,
and their mouths invite a beating.(A)
Proverbs 17:10
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Proverbs 17:10
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10 A rebuke strikes deeper into a discerning person
than a hundred blows into a fool.
Proverbs 17:10
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Proverbs 17:10
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10 A rebuke impresses a discerning person
more than a hundred lashes a fool.
Proverbs 7:22
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Proverbs 7:22
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22 Right away he follows her
and goes like an ox to the slaughter
or bounds like a stag toward the trap[a]
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- 7.22 Cn Compare Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Proverbs 7:22
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Proverbs 7:22
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- Proverbs 7:22 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew fool
- Proverbs 7:22 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.
Proverbs 3:34
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Proverbs 3:34
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34 Toward the scorners he is scornful,
but to the humble he shows favor.(A)
Proverbs 3:34
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Proverbs 3:34
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