Proverbs 19:28

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A crooked witness scorns justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 15:16 : 16 how much less man, who is abominable and corrupt, who drinks in evil like water!
  • Job 34:7 : 7 What man is like Job, who drinks derision like water!
  • Job 20:12-13 : 12 “If evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue, 13 if he retains it for himself and does not let it go, and holds it fast in his mouth,
  • 1 Kgs 21:10 : 10 Also seat two villains opposite him and have them testify,‘You cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
  • 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 The two villains arrived and sat opposite him. Then the villains testified against Naboth right before the people, saying,“Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they dragged him outside the city and stoned him to death.
  • Ps 10:5 : 5 He is secure at all times. He has no regard for your commands; he disdains all his enemies.
  • Ps 10:11 : 11 He says to himself,“God overlooks it; he does not pay attention; he never notices.”
  • Prov 15:14 : 14 The discerning mind seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.
  • Isa 28:14-18 : 14 The Lord Will Judge Jerusalem Therefore, listen to the LORD’s message, you who mock, you rulers of these people who reside in Jerusalem! 15 For you say,“We have made a treaty with death, with Sheol we have made an agreement. When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by it will not reach us. For we have made a lie our refuge, we have hidden ourselves in a deceitful word.” 16 Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD, says:“Look, I am laying a stone in Zion, an approved stone, set in place as a precious cornerstone for the foundation. The one who maintains his faith will not panic. 17 I will make justice the measuring line, fairness the plumb line; hail will sweep away the unreliable refuge, the floodwaters will overwhelm the hiding place. 18 Your treaty with death will be dissolved; your agreement with Sheol will not last. When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by, you will be overrun by it.
  • Hos 4:8 : 8 They feed on the sin offerings of my people; their appetites long for their iniquity!
  • Luke 18:2-4 : 2 He said,“In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people. 3 There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying,‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ 4 For a while he refused, but later on he said to himself,‘Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people,
  • Acts 6:11-13 : 11 Then they secretly instigated some men to say,“We have heard this man speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.” 12 They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council. 13 They brought forward false witnesses who said,“This man does not stop saying things against this holy place and the law.

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