Proverbs 17:4
A wicked body geueth heede to false lippes, and a lyer geueth eare to a deceiptfull tongue.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
In Context
3As siluer is tryed in the fire, and golde in the furnace: so doth the Lorde proue the heartes.
Cross References
Proverbs 28:4They that forsake the lawe, prayse the vngodly: but such as kepe the lawe are greeued at them.
1 John 4:5They are of the world, therfore speake they of the worlde, & the world heareth them.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 17:4
3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts. Note, 1. The hearts of the children of men are subject, not only to God's view, but to his judgment: As the fining-pot is for silver, both to prove it and to improve it so the Lord tries the hearts; he searches whether they are standard or no, and those that are he refines and makes purer, Jer. xvii. 10 . God tries the heart by affliction ( Ps. lxvi. 10, 11 ), and often chooses his people in that furnace ( Isa. xlviii. 10 )… Read the whole commentary →