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Proverbs 19

Prov. 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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A witness of Belial.
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Job 15:16• 16How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water? (Job 15:16)
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Hos. 4:8• 8They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. (Hos. 4:8)

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An ungodly witness.
Heb. a witness of Belial.
1 Kings 21:10,13• 10And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
 13And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. (1 Kings 21:10,13)
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Acts 6:11‑13• 11Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
 12And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
 13And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: (Acts 6:11‑13)
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Psa. 10:5,11• 5His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
 11He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it. (Psa. 10:5,11)
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Isa. 28:14‑18• 14Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
 15Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
 16Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
 17Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
 18And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. (Isa. 28:14‑18)
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Luke 18:2‑4• 2Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
 3And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
 4And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; (Luke 18:2‑4)
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Prov. 15:14• 14The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. (Prov. 15:14)
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Job 15:16• 16How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water? (Job 15:16)
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Job 20:12‑13• 12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
 13Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: (Job 20:12‑13)
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Job 34:7• 7What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? (Job 34:7)
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Hos. 4:8• 8They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. (Hos. 4:8)
• 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.