4A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 17:4
Wisdom in Household Peace, Tested Hearts, Just Speech, and Relational Restraint
The chapter moves through household peace, divine heart-testing, speech and poverty, family honor, bribery and love, rebuke and folly, quarrels and justice, friendship and surety, conflict and grief, crooked justice, wandering folly, and restrained speech.
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Verse 4
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A wicked manמֵ֭רַעH7489Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singularlistensמַקְשִׁ֣יבH7181Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singulartoעַל־H5921Prepositionevilאָ֑וֶןH205Noun - masculine singularlipsשְׂפַת־H8193Noun - feminine singular constructa liarשֶׁ֥קֶרH8267Noun - masculine singulargives earמֵ֝זִיןH238Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singulartoעַל־H5921Prepositiona destructiveהַוֺּֽת׃H1942Noun - feminine pluraltongueלְשׁ֥וֹןH3956Noun - common singular construct