29 The irreverent have to learn reverence the hard way; only a slap in the face brings fools to attention.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 19:29

Commentary on Proverbs 19:29

(Read Proverbs 19:29)

The unbelief of man shall not make God's threatenings of no effect. Christ himself, when bearing sins not his own, was not spared. Justice and judgment took hold of our blessed Surety; and will God spare obstinate sinners?