A wicked doer gives heed to false lips; and a liar gives ear to a naughty tongue.
God has delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
The simple believes every word: but the prudent man looks well to his going.
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not to us right things, speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will you do in the end thereof?
They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world hears them.