An evildoer listens to wicked lips; a liar listens to a malicious tongue.
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; And a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
An evildoer gives heed to wicked lips; and a liar listens to a mischievous tongue.
An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; And a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.
An evildoer pays attention to guilty lips; a liar listens to a destructive tongue.
The evil obey an unjust tongue. And the false are submissive to lying lips.
The evil man obeyeth an unjust tongue: and the deceitful hearkeneth to lying lips.
God has handed me over to the ungodly, and tossed me into the hands of the wicked.
The naïve believes every word, but the shrewd discerns his steps.
Those who forsake Torah praise the wicked, but those who keep Torah stir them up.
They say to the seers, “Do not see,” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right. Speak to us smooth words. Prophesy illusions.
The prophets prophesy falsely, the kohanim rule by their own authority, and My people love it this way! But what will you do in the end?”
They are from the world, so they speak from the world and the world listens to them.