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A perverseבְּלִיַּעַלwitnessעֵדmocksיָלִיץjustice,מִשְׁפָּטand the mouthוּפִיof the wickedרְשָׁעִיםswallowsיְבַלַּעwickedness.אָוֶן
Proverbs 19:28
Study it in the app“A perverse witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked swallows wickedness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 19:28, word by word
- A perverseבְּלִיַּעַלbeliyaal
worthlessness, wickedness
Worthlessness, a thing of no value: "sons of belial" are worthless people who do evil. Later it was used as a name for the evil one (2 Corinthians 6:15).
Where else “beliyaal” appears- witnessעֵדed
witness
Someone who vouches for what he saw; YHWH is one too.
Where else “ed” appears- mocksיָלִיץyalits
scoff
To laugh at what is serious with contempt; the scoffer rejects correction.
Where else “yalits” appears- justiceמִשְׁפָּטmishpat
justice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears- and the mouthפִיfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears- of the wickedרְשָׁעִיםreshaim
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “reshaim” appears- swallowsיְבַלַּעyevala
swallow
Swallow, swallow up; hence, destroy.
Where else “yevala” appears- wickednessאָוֶןaven
wickedness
The evil one does.
Where else “aven” appears
The context
27Stop, my son, listening to correction only to stray from the sayings of knowledge.
28 · This verse (above)
29Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and blows for the back of the senseless.