en_tn/pro/19/28.md

the mouth of the wicked swallows iniquity

AT: "wicked people enjoy doing evil as they enjoy eating food" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

Condemnation is ready for mockers

AT: "God is ready to condemn mockers" or "people are ready to condemn mockers" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns)

flogging for the backs of fools

AT: "flogging is ready for the backs of fools" or "fools will soon be flogged" or "people will soon punish fools" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)

flogging

beating with a whip or stick