the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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Proverbs 17:4
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An evildoer gives heed to lips of wickedness;A liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.
An evildoer listens to wicked lips; A liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.
A wicked body geueth heede to false lippes, and a lyer geueth eare to a deceiptfull tongue.
The evil-doer giveth heed to iniquitous lips; the liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.
An evildoer gives heed to false lips; A liar listens eagerly to a spiteful tongue.
An evildoer gives heed to lips of iniquity; a liar listens to a tongue of evil desire.
People who do evil listen to evil ideas. Liars listen to liars.
An evil-doer gives heed to wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
A wicked doer giueth heed to false lips: and a liar giueth eare to a naughtie tongue.
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty 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 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.
A wrongdoer gives attention to evil lips, and a man of deceit gives ear to a damaging 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.
One who acts wickedly pays attention to evil counsel; a liar listens to a malicious tongue.
Troublemakers listen to troublemakers, and liars listen to liars.
An evildoer heeds wicked lips; a liar listens to destructive talk.
The wicked giueth heed to false lippes, and a lyer hearkeneth to the naughtie tongue.
A wicked man listens to perverse lips; but a righteous man does not heed the tongues of vicious men.
An evil-doer gives heed to wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
A evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; and a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.
A wrong-doer listens to sinful lips. A liar listens to a tongue that destroys.
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.
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.
He who does evil listens to lips of wickedness, and the liar gives heed to the tongue of mischief.
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.
Evil people listen to evil ideas, and liars listen to lies.
A wicked person listens to malicious talk; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.
An yuel man obeieth to a wickid tunge; and a fals man obeieth to false lippis.
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.
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 into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.
And I will give you so many descendants that, like the dust of the earth, they cannot be counted!
Then he added, "I will give you more descendants than you can count."
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, "I am El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty.' Serve me faithfully and live a blameless life.
You must cut off the flesh of your foreskin as a sign of the covenant between me and you.
So Abraham said to God, "May Ishmael live under your special blessing!"
I will certainly bless you. I will multiply your descendants beyond number, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will conquer the cities of their enemies.
But you promised me, ‘I will surely treat you kindly, and I will multiply your descendants until they become as numerous as the sands along the seashore—too many to count.'"
Then God said, "I am El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty.' Be fruitful and multiply. You will become a great nation, even many nations. Kings will be among your descendants!
But his father refused. "I know, my son; I know," he replied. "Manasseh will also become a great people, but his younger brother will become even greater. And his descendants will become a multitude of 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.
