Proverbs 17:4
Discord, giveth heed to the aggrieving lip,—Falsehood, giveth ear to the destroying tongue.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
In Context
3Fining-pot for silver, crucible for gold, but, he that trieth hearts, is Yahweh.
Cross References
1 Samuel 22:7then said Saul unto his servants who were stationed by him—Hear, I pray you, ye Benjamites! What! even to all of you, will the son of Jesse give fields and vineyards? All of you, will he appoint to be princes of thousands, and princes of hundreds?
Proverbs 28:4They who forsake instruction, praise one who is lawless, while, they who keep instruction, are at strife with them.
Jeremiah 5:31The prophets, have prophesied, falsely, And the priests tread down by their means, And, my people, love it, so,—What then can ye do as to her latter end?
1 John 4:5They, are, of the world: For this cause, of the world, they speak, and the world, unto them, doth hearken.
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 →