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Proverbs 17:4
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An evildoer listens to wicked lips, and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
The wicked giueth heed to false lippes, and a lyer hearkeneth to the naughtie tongue.
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.
People who do evil listen to evil ideas. Liars listen to liars.
An evildoer listens closely to wicked lips; And a liar pays attention to a destructive and malicious tongue.
An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; And a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.
Troublemakers listen to troublemakers, and liars listen to liars.
An evildoer heeds wicked lips; a liar listens to destructive talk.
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 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.
A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.
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.
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.
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.
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.
An evildoer listens to wicked lips; A liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
A wicked body geueth heede to false lippes, and a lyer geueth eare to a deceiptfull tongue.
An evildoer listens to wicked lips; and a liar gives heed to a mischievous tongue.
The evil-doer giveth heed to iniquitous lips; the 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 is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.
An evil-doer gives heed to wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
An evildoer listens to wicked lips; and a liar gives heed to a mischievous tongue.
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.
A wrongdoer gives attention to evil lips, and a man of deceit gives ear to a damaging tongue.
A wicked body holdeth moch of false lippes, & a dyssemblynge persone geueth eare to a disceatfull toge.
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.
An evildoer gives heed to lips of wickedness;A liar gives ear 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 make you a great nation, and I will bless you. I will make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.
I will make your descendants as many as the dust of the earth. If anyone could count the dust on the earth, he could count your people.
The angel also said, "I will give you so many descendants they cannot be counted."
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty. Obey me and do what is right.
Cut away your foreskin to show that you are prepared to follow the agreement between me and you.
Then Abraham said to God, "Please let Ishmael be the son you promised."
I will surely bless you and give you many descendants. They will be as many as the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore, and they will capture the cities of their enemies.
You said to me, ‘I will treat you well and will make your children as many as the sand of the seashore. There will be too many to count.'"
God said to him, "I am God Almighty. Have many children and grow in number as a nation. You will be the ancestor of many nations and kings.
But his father refused and said, "I know, my son, I know. Manasseh will be great and have many descendants. But his younger brother will be greater, and his descendants will be enough to make a nation."
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.
