A wicked doer gives heed to false lips; a liar gives ear to an evil tongue.
God has delivered me to the perverse; and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
The simple believes every word, but the wise man watches his step.
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked; but those who keep the law plead against them.
who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not prophesy to us right things, speak to us smooth things, prophesy falsehood;
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 at the end of it?
They are of the world, therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.