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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 less the abominable and corrupt,{HR}Man, that drinketh iniquity like water. (Job 15:16)
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Hos. 4:8• 8They eat up the sin of my people, and long after [lift up their soul to] 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, and they shall bear witness against him saying, Thou didst curse God and the king; and carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
 13And there came the two men, sons of Belial, and sat before him; and the men of Belial witnessed against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. And 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, saying, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.
 12And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes; and coming upon [him] they seized and brought him into the council,
 13and set false witnesses, saying, This man ceaseth not speaking words against the holy place and the law; (Acts 6:11‑13)
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Psa. 10:5,11• 5His ways are firm at every time;{HR}Thy judgments [are] a height away from him;{HR}All his adversaries—he puffeth at them.
 11He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten,{HR}He hath hidden his face;{HR}He will not see forever. (Psa. 10:5,11)
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Isa. 28:14‑18• 14Therefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scornful men, that rule this people which [is] in Jerusalem.
 15For ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol 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 Jehovah, Behold, I lay for foundation in Zion a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner [stone], a sure foundation: he that beliveth shall not make haste.
 17Judgment also will I appoint for a line, and righteousness for a 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 annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, ye shall be trodden down by it. (Isa. 28:14‑18)
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Luke 18:2‑4• 2saying, There was a judge in a city, not fearing God, and not respecting man.
 3And there was a widow in that city, and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary;
 4and he would not for a time; but afterwards he said within himself, If even I fear not God, and respect not man, (Luke 18:2‑4)
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Prov. 15:14• 14The heart of the intelligent [one] seeketh knowledge;{HR}But the mouth of the foolish feedeth on folly. (Prov. 15:14)
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Job 15:16• 16How much less the abominable and corrupt,{HR}Man, that drinketh iniquity like water. (Job 15:16)
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Job 20:12‑13• 12Though evil maketh sweet in his mouth —{HR}He hideth it under his tongue,
 13He is sparing of it, and will not let it go,{HR}And retaineth it in the midst of his palate — (Job 20:12‑13)
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Job 34:7• 7Who [is] a man like Job?{HR}He drinketh mockery like water, (Job 34:7)
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Hos. 4:8• 8They eat up the sin of my people, and long after [lift up their soul to] 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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A witness of Belial scorneth judgment,{HR}And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.