Proverbs 19:28 - Exposition

An ungodly ( worthless ) witness scorneth judgment; derides the Law which denounces perjury and compels a witness to speak truth ( Exodus 20:16 ; Le Exodus 5:1 ), and, as is implied he bears false testimony, thus proving himself "a witness of Belial," according to the Hebrew term. Septuagint, "He who becometh security for a foolish child outrages judgment." The mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity; swallows it eagerly as a toothsome morsel ( Proverbs 18:8 ). So we have in Job 15:16 ,"A man that drinketh iniquity like water" (see on Proverbs 26:6 ). Such a man will lie and slander with the utmost pleasure, living and battening on wickedness. Septuagint, "The mouth of the impious drinketh judgments ( κρίσεις )," i.e. boldly transgresses the Law.