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Proverbs 19

Pr. 19:28 KJV (With Strong’s)

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νAn ungodly
bliya`al (Hebrew #1100)
without profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction, wickedness (often in connection with 376, 802, 1121, etc.)
KJV usage: Belial, evil, naughty, ungodly (men), wicked.
Pronounce: bel-e-yah'-al
Origin: from 1097 and 3276
witness
`ed (Hebrew #5707)
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
KJV usage: witness.
Pronounce: ayd
Origin: contracted from 5749
scorneth
luwts (Hebrew #3887)
properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
KJV usage: ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.
Pronounce: loots
Origin: a primitive root
judgment
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
: andq the mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
of the wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
devoureth
bala` (Hebrew #1104)
to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy
KJV usage: cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).
Pronounce: baw-lah'
Origin: a primitive root
iniquity
'aven (Hebrew #205)
strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
KJV usage: affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain ,vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare 369.
Pronounce: aw-ven'
Origin: from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught)
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An ungodly witness.
Heb. a witness of Belial.
scorneth.
Sal. 10:5,11• 5Sus caminos son viciosos en todo tiempo: Tus juicios los tiene muy lejos de su vista: Echa bocanadas en orden á todos sus enemigos.
11Dice en su corazón: Dios está olvidado, Ha encubierto su rostro; nunca lo verá.
(Sal. 10:5,11)
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Is. 28:14‑18• 14Por tanto, varones burladores, que estáis enseñoreados sobre este pueblo que está en Jerusalem, oid la palabra de Jehová.
15Porque habéis dicho: Concierto tenemos hecho con la muerte, é hicimos acuerdo con la sepultura; cuando pasare el turbión del azote, no llegará á nosotros, pues que hemos puesto nuestra acogida en la mentira, y en la falsedad nos esconderemos:
16Por tanto, el Señor Jehová dice así: He aquí que yo fundo en Sión una piedra, piedra de fortaleza, de esquina, de precio, de cimiento estable: el que creyere, no se apresure.
17Y ajustaré el juicio á cordel, y á nivel la justicia; y granizo barrerá la acogida de la mentira, y aguas arrollarán el escondrijo.
18Y será anulado vuestro concierto con la muerte, y vuestro acuerdo con el sepulcro no será firme: cuando pasare el turbión del azote, seréis de él hollados.
(Is. 28:14‑18)
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Lc. 18:2‑4• 2Diciendo: Había un juez en una ciudad, el cual ni temía á Dios, ni respetaba á hombre.
3Había también en aquella ciudad una viuda, la cual venía á él diciendo: Hazme justicia de mi adversario.
4Pero él no quiso por algún tiempo; mas después de esto dijo dentro de sí: Aunque ni temo á Dios, ni tengo respeto á hombre,
(Lc. 18:2‑4)
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 Belial seems in a veiled way to stand for Satan. It really means that which is worthless, but is generally used as that which is opposed to God. So that a witness of Belial would be one who is ungodly, and who therefore scorns judgment and correction. His mouth devours iniquity. It is his food; he lives upon it. (Proverbs Nineteen by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A witness of Belial scorneth judgment, and the mouth of the wicked swalloweth down iniquity.