Proverbs 17:4

New American Bible - revised edition

The evildoer gives heed to wicked lips, the liar, to a mischievous tongue.

Cross References

Job 16:11

God has given me over to the impious; into the hands of the wicked he has cast me.

Proverbs 14:15

The naive believe everything, but the shrewd watch their steps.

Proverbs 28:4

Those who abandon instruction praise the wicked, but those who keep instruction oppose them.

Isaiah 30:10

Who say to the seers, “Do not see”; to the prophets, “Do not prophesy truth for us; speak smooth things to us, see visions that deceive!

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests teach on their own authority; Yet my people like it this way; what will you do when the end comes?

1 John 4:5

They belong to the world; accordingly, their teaching belongs to the world, and the world listens to them.