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Proverbs 17:4
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A wicked person listens to malicious talk;a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.
An evil-doer gives heed to wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
An evildoer listens to wicked lips, and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
An evildoer listens to wicked lips; A liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.
Evil people listen to evil words. Liars pay attention to cruel words.
An evildoer listens closely to wicked lips; And a liar pays attention to a destructive and malicious tongue.
An evil-doer gives heed to wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
The wicked giueth heed to false lippes, and a lyer hearkeneth to the naughtie tongue.
An evildoer gives heed to lips of wickedness;A liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.
A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.
An evildoer heeds wicked lips; a liar listens to destructive talk.
The evil-doer giveth heed to iniquitous lips; the liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.
People who do evil listen to evil ideas. Liars listen to liars.
A wicked man listens to perverse lips; but a righteous man does not heed the tongues of vicious men.
Evil people listen to evil ideas, and liars listen to lies.
He who does evil listens to lips of wickedness, and the liar gives heed to the tongue of mischief.
An evildoer gives heed to lips of iniquity; a liar listens to a tongue of evil desire.
A wicked body holdeth moch of false lippes, & a dyssemblynge persone geueth eare to a disceatfull toge.
An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; And a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.
A wrongdoer gives attention to evil lips, and a man of deceit gives ear to a damaging tongue.
A evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; and a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.
A wicked doer giueth heed to false lips: and a liar giueth eare to a naughtie tongue.
A wicked body geueth heede to false lippes, and a lyer geueth eare to a deceiptfull tongue.
A bad man hearkens to the tongue of transgressors: but a righteous man attends not to false lips.
An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; and a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.
An yuel man obeieth to a wickid tunge; and a fals man obeieth to false lippis.
An evil-doer gives heed to wicked lips; [And] a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips: [and] a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
One who acts wickedly pays attention to evil counsel; a liar listens to a malicious tongue.
An evildoer gives heed to false lips; A liar listens eagerly to a spiteful tongue.
Wrongdoers eagerly listen to gossip; liars pay close attention to slander.
A wrong-doer listens to sinful lips. A liar listens to a tongue that destroys.
An evildoer listens to wicked lips; and a liar gives heed to a mischievous tongue.
Discord, giveth heed to the aggrieving lip, - Falsehood, giveth ear to the destroying tongue.
The evil man obeyeth an unjust tongue: and the deceitful hearkeneth to lying lips.
An evildoer listens to wicked lips; and a liar gives heed to a mischievous tongue.
An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.
Evil people relish malicious conversation; the ears of liars itch for dirty gossip.
An evildoer listens to wicked lips; A liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 28:4, 1 Samuel 22:7-11, 1 Kings 22:6-28, Isaiah 30:10, Jeremiah 5:31, 2 Timothy 4:3, 2 Timothy 4:4, 1 John 4:5, Revelation 13:3-8
Reciprocal: Exodus 23:1 - shalt not 1 Samuel 24:9 - General Proverbs 6:12 - naughty
Cross-References
I will bless you and make your descendants into a great nation. You will become famous and be a blessing to others.
I will give you more descendants than there are specks of dust on the earth, and someday it will be easier to count the specks of dust than to count your descendants.
I will give you a son, who will be called Ishmael, because I have heard your cry for help. And later I will give you so many descendants that no one will be able to count them all.
Abram was ninety-nine years old when the Lord appeared to him again and said, "I am God All-Powerful. If you obey me and always do right,
Then he asked God, "Why not let Ishmael inherit what you have promised me?"
"I will bless you and give you such a large family, that someday your descendants will be more numerous than the stars in the sky or the grains of sand along the beach. They will defeat their enemies and take over the cities where their enemies live.
But you have promised that I would be a success and that someday it will be as hard to count my descendants as it is to count the stars in the sky.
But his father said, "Son, I know what I am doing. It's true that Manasseh's family will someday become a great nation. But Ephraim will be even greater than Manasseh, because his descendants will become many great nations."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips,.... A man of an ill spirit, of a mischievous disposition, that delights in doing wickedness; he carefully attends to such as speak falsehood; he listens to lies and calumnies, loves to hear ill reports of persons, and takes pleasure in spreading them to the hurt of their characters; and men of bad hearts and lives give heed to seducing spirits, to false teachers, to inch as speak lies in hypocrisy, who sooth and harden them in their wickedness;
[and] a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue: or, "to a tongue of destruction" a; a culumniating, backbiting tongue, which destroys the good name and reputation of men; and he that is given to lying is made up of lying, or is a lie itself, as the word signifies; who roves and makes a lie, as antichrist and his followers; such an one hearkens diligently to everything that may detract from the character of those especially he bears an ill will to: or it may be better rendered, "he that hearkens to a lie [gives heed] to a naughty tongue" b; for a lying tongue is a naughty one, evil in itself, pernicious in its effects and consequences.
a על לשון הות "perniciosae linguae", Tigurine version; "linguae confractionum calamitatum, injuriarum", Vatablus; "ad linguam exiliorum", Michaelis. b So Michaelis.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The two clauses describe two phases of the mutual affinities of evil. The evil-doer delights in lies, the liar in bad words.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 17:4. A wicked doer giveth heed — An evil heart is disposed and ever ready to receive evil; and liars delight in lies.
