A wicked person listens to malicious talk; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; And a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
An evildoer gives heed to wicked lips; and a liar listens to a mischievous tongue.
An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; And a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.
An evildoer pays attention to guilty lips; a liar listens to a destructive tongue.
The evil obey an unjust tongue. And the false are submissive to lying lips.
The evil man obeyeth an unjust tongue: and the deceitful hearkeneth to lying lips.
God hands me over to the unjust; he throws me to the wicked.
The inexperienced one believes anything, but the sensible one watches his steps.
Those who reject the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law pit themselves against them.
They say to the seers, ‘Do not see,’ and to the prophets, ‘Do not prophesy the truth to us. Tell us flattering things. Prophesy illusions.
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it like this. But what will you do at the end of it?
They are from the world. Therefore what they say is from the world, and the world listens to them.