Proverbs 19:28
A worthless witness scoffeth at justice, And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth down iniquity.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
In Context
27Cease, my son, to listen to the instruction That causeth thee to wander from the words of knowledge!
29Punishments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.
Cross References
Job 15:16Much less, abominable and polluted man, Who drinketh iniquity as water.
Job 34:7Where is the man like Job, Who drinketh impiety like water;
Psalms 10:11He saith in his heart, “God doth forget; He hideth his face; he doth never see it.”
Proverbs 16:27A worthless man diggeth mischief, And on his lips there is, as it were, a burning fire.
Hosea 4:8They feed upon the sins of my people, And incline their hearts to their iniquity.
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 →