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27 Cease to listen to instruction, my child,
    and you will stray[a] from sayings of knowledge.
28 A worthless witness will mock justice,
    and the mouth of the wicked will devour iniquity.
29 Judgments[b] are prepared for the scoffers,
    and flogging for the back of fools.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:27 Literally “in order to stray”
  2. Proverbs 19:29 Or “Punishments,” or “Condemnations”