Proverbs 17:4
An evildoer heeds vain striving of iniquity lips. 2 A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue. 1
One Unity Resource Bible
In The King James Version
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
In Context
3The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, 2 but Adonai tests the hearts. 1
5Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. 2 He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 28:4Those who forsake the Torah ·Teaching· praise the wicked; 2 but those who keep the Torah ·Teaching· contend with them. 1
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 →