Proverbs 19:28
He that becomes surety for a foolish child will despise the ordinance: and the mouth of ungodly men shall drink down judgments.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
In Context
27A son who ceases to attend to the instruction of a father will cherish evil designs.
29Scourges are preparing for the intemperate, and punishments likewise for fools.
Cross References
1 Kings 21:10And the son of Ader sent to him, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for + 21:10 The LXX. read שועליס for שעליס.foxes to all the people, even my infantry.
Job 15:16Alas then, abominable and unclean is man, drinking unrighteousness as a draught.
Job 34:7What man is as Job, drinking scorning like water?
Proverbs 16:27But the perverse bears destruction upon his own mouth: a foolish man digs up evil for himself, and treasures fire on his own lips.
Hosea 4:8They will devour the sins of my people, and will set their hearts on their iniquities.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:28
27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge. This is a good caution to those that have had a good education to take heed of hearkening to those who, under pretence of instructing them, draw them off from those good principles under the influence of which they were trained up. Observe, 1. There is that which seems designed for instruction, but really tends to the destruction of young men. The factors for vice will undertake to teach them free thoughts and a fashionable… Read the whole commentary →