Proverbs 17:4
The evildoer pays attention to wicked lips; 1 a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, 1 but Yahweh refines hearts. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 22:7Saul said to his servants who stood around him, “Listen now, people of Benjamin! Will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards? Will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,
Proverbs 28:4Those who forsake the law praise wicked people, 1 but those who keep the law fight against them. 1
Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy with deceit, and the priests rule with their own power. 1 My people love it this way, but what will happen in the end?'”
1 John 4:5They are from the world; therefore what they say is from the world, and the world listens to 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 →