4 A 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 man מֵ֭רַע H7489 Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular listens מַקְשִׁ֣יב H7181 Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular to עַל־ H5921 Preposition evil אָ֑וֶן H205 Noun - masculine singular lips שְׂפַת־ H8193 Noun - feminine singular construct a liar שֶׁ֥קֶר H8267 Noun - masculine singular gives ear מֵ֝זִין H238 Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular to עַל־ H5921 Preposition a destructive הַוֺּֽת׃ H1942 Noun - feminine plural tongue לְשׁ֥וֹן H3956 Noun - common singular construct