Proverbs 19:28

Proverbs 19:28
A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.

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Exodus 20:16
“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

1 Kings 21:13
The two men, the wicked fellows, came in and sat before him. The wicked fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!” Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death with stones.

Proverbs 12:17
He who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies.

Proverbs 14:5
A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.

Proverbs 14:25
A truthful witness saves souls, but a false witness is deceitful.

Proverbs 21:28
A false witness will perish. A man who listens speaks to eternity.

Proverbs 24:28
Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.

Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.

Matthew 26:59
Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death,

Acts 6:11
Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”

Acts 6:12
They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, then brought him in to the council,

1 Peter 3:16
having a good conscience. Thus, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.

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Leviticus 4:1
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Leviticus 5:1
“ ‘If anyone sins, in that he hears a public adjuration to testify, he being a witness, whether he has seen or known, if he doesn’t report it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

1 Kings 8:31
“If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your altar in this house,

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Numbers 4:20
but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.”

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1 Samuel 10:27
But certain worthless fellows said, “How could this man save us?” They despised him, and brought him no tribute. But he held his peace.

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Esther 8:5
She said, “If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seems right to the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces.

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Job 15:26
he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers,

Psalms 10:5
His ways are prosperous at all times. He is arrogant, and your laws are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.

Psalms 10:11
He says in his heart, “God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.”

Isaiah 28:14
Therefore hear Yahweh’s word, you scoffers, that rule this people in Jerusalem:

Isaiah 28:15
“Because you have said, ‘We have made a covenant with death, and we are in agreement with Sheol. When the overflowing scourge passes through, it won’t come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood.’ ”

Isaiah 28:16
Therefore the Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.

Isaiah 28:17
I will make justice the measuring line, and righteousness the plumb line. The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters will overflow the hiding place.

Isaiah 28:18
Your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand. When the overflowing scourge passes through, then you will be trampled down by it.

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Job 16:20
My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God,

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Job 20:13
though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth,

Proverbs 15:14
The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

Hosea 4:8
They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.

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Psalms 34:11
Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.

Psalms 111:10
The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

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Proverbs 3:34
Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.

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Proverbs 10:6
Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

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Proverbs 16:17
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

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Proverbs 17:8
A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns, he prospers.

Proverbs 17:15
He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.

Proverbs 17:23
A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.

Proverbs 17:26
Also to punish the righteous is not good, nor to flog officials for their integrity.

Proverbs 18:5
To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

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Proverbs 6:12
A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,

Proverbs 10:32
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.

Proverbs 11:11
By the blessing of the upright, the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 15:28
The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.

Proverbs 18:8
The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

Proverbs 18:17
He who pleads his cause first seems right— until another comes and questions him.

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Proverbs 19:25
Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

Proverbs 19:26
He who robs his father and drives away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

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Proverbs 20:12
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them.

Proverbs 20:13
Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

Proverbs 20:14
“It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.

Proverbs 20:15
There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

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Proverbs 21:20
There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man swallows it up.

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Psalms 50:21
You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.

Ecclesiastes 8:11
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

Ecclesiastes 8:12
Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.

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Isaiah 3:12
As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people, those who lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths.

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Luke 18:2
saying, “There was a judge in a certain city who didn’t fear God and didn’t respect man.

Luke 18:3
A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, ‘Defend me from my adversary!’

Luke 18:4
He wouldn’t for a while; but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man,

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