Proverbs 19:28

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

A worthless witness scorneth judgment, And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 15:16 : 16 Also -- surely abominable and filthy Is man drinking as water perverseness.
  • Job 34:7 : 7 Who `is' a man like Job? He drinketh scoffing like water,
  • Job 20:12-13 : 12 Though he doth sweeten evil in his mouth, Doth hide it under his tongue, 13 Hath pity on it, and doth not forsake it, And keep it back in the midst of his palate,
  • 1 Kgs 21:10 : 10 and cause two men -- sons of worthlessness -- to sit over-against him, and they testify of him, saying, Thou hast blessed God and Melech; and they have brought him out, and stoned him, and he dieth.'
  • 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 and two men -- sons of worthlessness -- come in, and sit over-against him, and the men of worthlessness testify of him, even Naboth, before the people, saying, `Naboth blessed God and Melech;' and they take him out to the outside of the city, and stone him with stones, and he dieth;
  • Ps 10:5 : 5 Pain do his ways at all times, On high `are' Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries -- he puffeth at them.
  • Ps 10:11 : 11 He said in his heart, `God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.'
  • Prov 15:14 : 14 The heart of the intelligent seeketh knowledge, And the mouth of fools enjoyeth folly.
  • Isa 28:14-18 : 14 Therefore, hear a word of Jehovah, ye men of scorning, Ruling this people that `is' in Jerusalem. 15 Because ye have said: `We have made a covenant with death, And with Sheol we have made a provision, An overflowing scourge, when it passeth over, Doth not meet us, Though we have made a lie our refuge, And in falsehood have been hidden.' 16 Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: `Lo, I am laying a foundation in Zion, A stone -- a tried stone, a corner stone precious, a settled foundation, He who is believing doth not make haste. 17 And I have put judgment for a line, And righteousness for a plummet, And sweep away doth hail the refuge of lies, And the secret hiding-place do waters overflow. 18 And disannulled hath been your covenant with death, And your provision with Sheol doth not stand, An overflowing scourge, when it passeth over, Then ye have been to it for a treading-place.
  • Hos 4:8 : 8 The sin of My people they do eat, And unto their iniquity lift up their soul.
  • Luke 18:2-4 : 2 saying, `A certain judge was in a certain city -- God he is not fearing, and man he is not regarding -- 3 and a widow was in that city, and she was coming unto him, saying, Do me justice on my opponent, 4 and he would not for a time, but after these things he said in himself, Even if God I do not fear, and man do not regard,
  • Acts 6:11-13 : 11 then they suborned men, saying -- `We have heard him speaking evil sayings in regard to Moses and God.' 12 They did stir up also the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and having come upon `him', they caught him, and brought `him' to the sanhedrim; 13 they set up also false witnesses, saying, `This one doth not cease to speak evil sayings against this holy place and the law,

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