Proverbs 19:28 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁸ A worthless witness mocketh at judgement: And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: And the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ A worthless witness scoffs at justice, and the mouth of the wicked swallows iniquity.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ A worthless witness mocketh at justice; And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.

Common English Bible

²⁸ A worthless witness mocks justice; the wicked mouth gulps down trouble.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ An unjust witness ridicules judgment. And the mouth of the impious devours iniquity.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁸ An unjust witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.

Proverbs 19:28 Cross References

1 Kings 16:27

Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

1 Kings 21:10

and set two men, sons of Belial, before him, and let them bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst curse God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he die.

1 Kings 21:13

And the two men, sons of Belial, came in and sat before him: and the men of Belial bare witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

Job 15:16

How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, A man that drinketh iniquity like water!

Job 34:7

What man is like Job, Who drinketh up scorning like water?

Psalm 10:11

He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten: He hideth his face; he will never see it.

Psalm 10:5

His ways are firm at all times; Thy judgements are far above out of his sight: As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

Proverbs 15:14

The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.

Proverbs 16:27

A worthless man deviseth mischief: And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.

Proverbs 19:27

Cease, my son, to hear instruction Only to err from the words of knowledge.

Hosea 4:8

They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.