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Selected Verse: Proverbs 19:28 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 19:28 |
Strong Concordance |
An ungodly [01100] witness [05707] scorneth [03887] judgment [04941]: and the mouth [06310] of the wicked [07563] devoureth [01104] iniquity [0205]. |
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King James |
An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
ungodly witness--(Compare Margin), one false by bad principles (compare Pro 6:12).
scorneth judgment--sets at naught the dictates of justice.
devoureth--literally, "swalloweth," as something delightful. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Ungodly witness - literally, "Witness of Belial," "worthless," "untruthful."
Devoureth iniquity - Seizes on it eagerly, as a dainty, lives on it. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
28 A worthless witness scoffeth at right;
And the mouth of the godless swalloweth up mischief.
The Mosaic law does not know the oath of witnesses; but the adjuring of witnesses to speak the truth, Lev 4:1, places a false statement almost in the rank of perjury. The משׁפּט, which legally and morally binds witnesses, is just their duty to state the matter in accordance with truth, and without deceitful and malicious reservation; but a worthless witness (vid., regarding בּליּעל, Pro 6:12) despiseth what is right (יליץ with accus.-obj. like Pro 14:9), i.e., scornfully disregards this duty. Under 28b Hitzig remarks that בלע only in Kal means to devour, but in Piel, on the contrary, to absorb = annihilate; therefore he reads with the lxx and Syr. דּין justice instead of און mischief: the mouth of the wicked murders that which is right, properly, swallows down his feeling of right. But בּלּע interchanges with בּלע in the sense of swallowing only, without the connected idea of annihilation; cf. כּבלּע for the continuance [duration] of a gulp = for a moment, Num 4:20 with Job 7:29; and one can thus understand 28b without any alteration of the text after Job 15:16; cf. Pro 20:12-15, as well as with the text altered after Isa 3:12, by no means so that one makes און the subject: mischief swallows up, i.e., destroys, the mouth of the wicked (Rashi); for when "mouth" and "to swallow" stand connected, the mouth is naturally that which swallows, not that which is swallowed (cf. Ecc 10:12 : the mouth of the fool swallows, i.e., destroys, him). Thus 28b means that wickedness, i.e., that which is morally perverse, is a delicious morsel for the mouth of the godless, which he eagerly devours; to practise evil is for him, as we say, "ein wahrer Genuss" [a true enjoyment]. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Scorneth - Hath no reverence to the place of justice, nor to the presence of God there. Devoureth - Utters it with greediness and delight. |
12 A naughty [01100] person [0120], a wicked [0205] man [0376], walketh [01980] with a froward [06143] mouth [06310].
12 The words [01697] of a wise man's [02450] mouth [06310] are gracious [02580]; but the lips [08193] of a fool [03684] will swallow up [01104] himself.
12 As for my people [05971], children [05953] are their oppressors [05065], and women [0802] rule [04910] over them. O my people [05971], they which lead [0833] thee cause thee to err [08582], and destroy [01104] the way [01870] of thy paths [0734].
12 The hearing [08085] ear [0241], and the seeing [07200] eye [05869], the LORD [03068] hath made [06213] even both [08147] of them.
13 Love [0157] not sleep [08142], lest thou come to poverty [03423]; open [06491] thine eyes [05869], and thou shalt be satisfied [07646] with bread [03899].
14 It is naught [07451], it is naught [07451], saith [0559] the buyer [07069]: but when he is gone [0235] his way, then he boasteth [01984].
15 There is [03426] gold [02091], and a multitude [07230] of rubies [06443]: but the lips [08193] of knowledge [01847] are a precious [03366] jewel [03627].
16 How much more abominable [08581] and filthy [0444] is man [0376], which drinketh [08354] iniquity [05766] [05766] like water [04325]?
20 But they shall not go in [0935] to see [07200] when the holy things [06944] are covered [01104], lest they die [04191].
9 Fools [0191] make a mock [03887] at sin [0817]: but among the righteous [03477] there is favour [07522].
12 A naughty [01100] person [0120], a wicked [0205] man [0376], walketh [01980] with a froward [06143] mouth [06310].
1 And the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872], saying [0559],