Proverbs 19:28
A wicked witnes mocketh at iudgement, and the mouth of ye wicked swalloweth vp iniquitie.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
In Context
27My sonne, heare no more the instruction, that causeth to erre from ye words of knowledge.
29But iudgements are prepared for the scorners, and stripes for the backe of the fooles.
Cross References
1 Kings 21:10And set two wicked men before him, and let them witnesse against him, saying, Thou diddest blaspheme God and the King: then cary him out, and stone him that he may dye.
Job 15:16How much more is man abominable, and filthie, which drinketh iniquitie like water?
Job 34:7What man is like Iob, that drinketh scornfulnesse like water?
Psalms 10:11He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth away his face, and will neuer see.
Proverbs 16:27A wicked man diggeth vp euill, and in his lippes is like burning fire.
Hosea 4:8They eate vp the sinnes of my people, and lift vp their mindes in their iniquitie.
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 →