Proverbs 19:28

A corrupt witness scorns justice, and the wicked devour iniquity eagerly. The wicked relish wrongdoing and despise what is right.

Cross-references · 12

• Job 15:16how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?
• Job 34:7What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water?
• Luke 18:2–4“In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.
• Acts 6:11–13Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”
• 1 Kgs 21:13And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.
• Job 20:12–13Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,
• Ps 10:11He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
• Prov 15:14A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
• Isa 28:14–18Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.
• Hos 4:8They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity.
• Ps 10:5He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.
• 1 Kgs 21:10But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”

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