Proverbs 17:4

God's Word

An evildoer pays attention to wicked lips. A liar opens his ears to a slanderous tongue.

Cross References

Job 16:11

God handed me over to unjust people and threw me into the hands of wicked people.

Proverbs 14:15

A gullible person believes anything, but a sensible person watches his step.

Proverbs 28:4

Those who abandon ⌞God’s⌟ teachings praise wicked people, but those who follow ⌞God’s⌟ teachings oppose wicked people.

Isaiah 30:10

They say to the seers, ‘Don’t see ⌞the future⌟.’ They say to those who have visions, ‘Don’t have visions that tell us what is right. Tell us what we want to hear. See illusions.

Jeremiah 5:31

Prophets prophesy lies. Priests rule under the prophets’ directions, and my people love this. But what will you do in the end?”

1 John 4:5

These people belong to the world. That’s why they speak the thoughts of the world, and the world listens to them.