Proverbs 17:4

New Century Version

Evil people listen to evil words. Liars pay attention to cruel words.

Cross References

Job 16:11

God has turned me over to evil people and has handed me over to the wicked.

Proverbs 14:15

Fools will believe anything, but the wise think about what they do.

Proverbs 28:4

Those who disobey what they have been taught praise the wicked, but those who obey what they have been taught are against them.

Isaiah 30:10

They tell the seers, “Don’t see any more visions!” They say to the prophets, “Don’t tell us the truth! Say things that will make us feel good; see only good things for us.

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets speak lies, and the priests take power into their own hands, and my people love it this way. But what will you do when the end comes?

1 John 4:5

And they belong to the world, so what they say is from the world, and the world listens to them.