An evildoer listens to wicked lips; and a liar gives heed to a mischievous tongue.
God gives me up to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
The simple believes everything, but the prudent looks where he is going.
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law strive against them.
who say to the seers, “See not”; and to the prophets, “Prophesy not to us what is right; speak to us smooth things, prophesy illusions,
the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes?
They are of the world, therefore what they say is of the world, and the world listens to them.