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Proverbs 19:28 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 19 · verse 28
An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.Proverbs 19:28 · King James Version
Proverbs 19:28 in context
26He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
28An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
29Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- devourethbâlaʻto make away withH1104 →
- scornethlûwtsproperly, to make mouths atH3887 →
- judgmentmishpâṭproperly, a verdict pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree divine…H4941 →
- ungodlybᵉlîyaʻalwithout profit, worthlessnessH1100 →
- witnessʻêdconcretely, a witnessH5707 →
- wickedrâshâʻmorally wrongH7563 →
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Here is a description of the worst of sinners, whose hearts are fully set in them to do evil. 1. They set that at defiance which would deter and detain them from sin: An ungodly witness is one that bears false witness against his neighbour, and will forswear himself to do another a mischief, in which there is not only…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary