Proverbs 17:4
מֵרַע מַקְשִׁיב עַל ־ שְׂפַת ־ אָוֶן שֶׁקֶר מֵזִין עַל ־ לְשׁוֹן הַוֺּֽת ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
In Context
3מַצְרֵף לַכֶּסֶף וְכוּר לַזָּהָב וּבֹחֵן לִבּוֹת יְהוָֽה ׃
5לֹעֵג לָרָשׁ חֵרֵף עֹשֵׂהוּ שָׂמֵחַ לְאֵיד לֹא יִנָּקֶֽה ׃
Cross References
1 Samuel 22:7וַיֹּאמֶר שָׁאוּל לַֽעֲבָדָיו הַנִּצָּבִים עָלָיו שִׁמְעוּ ־ נָא בְּנֵי יְמִינִי גַּם ־ לְכֻלְּכֶם יִתֵּן בֶּן ־ יִשַׁי שָׂדוֹת וּכְרָמִים לְכֻלְּכֶם יָשִׂים שָׂרֵי אֲלָפִים וְשָׂרֵי מֵאֽוֹת ׃
Proverbs 28:4עֹזְבֵי תוֹרָה יְהַֽלְלוּ רָשָׁע וְשֹׁמְרֵי תוֹרָה יִתְגָּרוּ בָֽם ׃ פ
Jeremiah 5:31הַנְּבִיאִים נִבְּאוּ ־ בַשֶּׁקֶר וְהַכֹּהֲנִים יִרְדּוּ עַל ־ יְדֵיהֶם וְעַמִּי אָהֲבוּ כֵן וּמַֽה ־ תַּעֲשׂוּ לְאַחֲרִיתָֽהּ ׃
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 →