King James Version
Proverbs 19:28 in the King James Version says “An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity. An: Heb. A witness of Belial” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity. An: Heb. A witness of Belial”
Proverbs 19:28 · KJV
He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity. An: Heb. A witness of Belial
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“witness”
H5707concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e., prince
“An ungodly”
H1100without profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction, wickedness
“scorneth”
H3887properly, to make mouths at, i.e., to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
“judgment”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
“and the mouth”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
“iniquity”
H205strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
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