Proverbs 19:28
A corrupt witness mocks justice,and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
In Context
27If you stop listening to instruction, my son,you will stray from the words of knowledge.
29Penalties are prepared for scoffers,and beatings for the backs of fools.
Cross References
1 Kings 21:10Set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, 'You cursed God and the king!' Then carry him out, and stone him to death."
Job 15:16how much less one who is abominable and corrupt,a man who drinks iniquity like water!
Job 34:7What man is like Job,who drinks scorn like water,
Psalms 10:11He says in his heart, "God has forgotten.He hides his face.He will never see it."QOPH
Proverbs 16:27A worthless man devises mischief.His speech is like a scorching fire.
Hosea 4:8They feed on the sin of my people,and set their heart on 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 →