Proverbs 19:28
An ed beliya'al (corrupt witness) scorneth mishpat (justice), 1 and the peh (mouth) of the resha'im devoureth iniquity. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
In Context
27Cease, beni (my son), to hear musar 1 and thou shalt go astray from the words of da'as. 1
29Shefatim (penalties, judgments) are prepared for scoffers, 1 and for kesilim, beatings for the back.
Cross References
1 Kings 21:10And seat two men, bnei beliyaal, opposite him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst upon Elohim and Melech make a + 21:10 blasphemous brocha! And then take him out, and stone him, that he may die.
Job 15:16How much more vile and corrupt is ish, 1 which drinketh iniquity like mayim? 1
Job 34:7What gever is like Iyov, 1 who drinketh up the scorn [of his friends] like mayim? 1
Psalms 10:11He hath said in his lev, El hath forgotten; 1 He hideth his face; He will never see it. 1
Proverbs 16:27An ish Beliya'al diggeth up ra'ah, 1 and in his sfatayim (lips) there is as a scorching eish. 1
Hosea 4:8They + 4:8 i.e., the kohanim feed on the chattat (sin) of Ami, 1 and they relish their avon (iniquity). 1
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 →