Proverbs 19:29

“Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me, etc.] He has falsely accused and reproached me, and bore a false testimony, or suborned false witnesses against me, and I will do the same to him, now an opportunity serves; but as private revenge itself is sinful, so especially when it is pursued in a wicked way; I will render to the man according to his work; this should be left to the Lord, whose prerogative it is; (see <202419>Proverbs 24:19 <451219>Romans 12:19).”

“Their punishment is sure, fixed, and ready (compare Pro 3:34; Pro 10:13). Next: Proverbs Chapter 20”

“Prepared - Although they be deferred for a time, yet they are treasured up for them. Next: Proverbs Chapter 20”

“Judgments: Pro 3:34, Pro 9:12; Isa 28:22, Isa 29:20; Act 13:40, Act 13:41; Pe2 3:3-7 and: Pro 7:22, Pro 10:13, Pro 17:10, Pro 26:3; Heb 12:6 Proverbs 19:1”

“29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, And stripes for the backs of fools. שׁפמים never means punishment which a court of justice inflicts, but is always used of the judgments of God, even although they are inflicted by human instrumentality (vid., Ch2 24:24); the singular, which nowhere occurs, is the segolate n. act. שׁפט = שׁפוט, Ch2 20:9, plur. שׁפוּטים. Hitzig's remark: "the judgment may, after Pro 19:25, consist in stripes," is misleading; the stroke, הכּות, there is such as when, e.g., a stroke on the ear is applied to one who despises that which is holy, which, under the circumstances, may be salutary; but it does not fall under the category of shephuthim, nor properly under that of…”