Proverbs 17:4 - Easy To Read Version

⁴ An evil person listens to the evil things other people say. People who tell lies also listen to lies.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; And a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ An evildoer gives heed to wicked lips; and a liar listens to a mischievous tongue.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; And a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

Common English Bible

⁴ An evildoer pays attention to guilty lips; a liar listens to a destructive tongue.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ The evil obey an unjust tongue. And the false are submissive to lying lips.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ The evil man obeyeth an unjust tongue: and the deceitful hearkeneth to lying lips.

Proverbs 17:4 Tagairtí Cros

Job 16:11

God has given me to evil people.\par He let wicked people hurt me.\par

Proverbs 14:15

A fool will believe anything he hears. But a wise man thinks carefully about everything.

Proverbs 28:4

You are for evil people if you refuse to obey the law. But if you obey the law, then you are against them.

Isaiah 30:10

They tell the prophets, “Don’t see dreams {\cf2\super [278]} about things we should do! Don’t tell us the truth! Say nice things to us and make us feel good! See only good things for us!

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets tell lies.\par The priests will not do\par what they were chosen to do. {\cf2\super [36]} \par And my people love it this way!\par But what will you people do\par when your punishment comes?”\par

1 John 4:5

And those people (the false teachers) belong to the world. So the things they say are from the world, too. And the world listens to what they say.