Proverbs 17:4
A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.
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Cross references
- 2 Timothy 4:3–4 For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
- Proverbs 28:4 Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.
- 1 John 4:5 They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.