箴言 17:4

4 行 惡 的 ， 留 心 聽 奸 詐 之 言 ； 說 謊 的 ， 側 耳 聽 邪 惡 之 語 。

箴言 17:4 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 17:4

A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips
A man of an ill spirit, of a mischievous disposition, that delights in doing wickedness; he carefully attends to such as speak falsehood; he listens to lies and calumnies, loves to hear ill reports of persons, and takes pleasure in spreading them to the hurt of their characters; and men of bad hearts and lives give heed to seducing spirits, to false teachers, to inch as speak lies in hypocrisy, who sooth and harden them in their wickedness; [and] a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue:
or, "to a tongue of destruction" ^F1; a culumniating, backbiting tongue, which destroys the good name and reputation of men; and he that is given to lying is made up of lying, or is a lie itself, as the word signifies; who roves and makes a lie, as antichrist and his followers; such an one hearkens diligently to everything that may detract from the character of those especially he bears an ill will to: or it may be better rendered, "he that hearkens to a lie [gives heed] to a naughty tongue" ^F2; for a lying tongue is a naughty one, evil in itself, pernicious in its effects and consequences.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 (twh Nwvl le) "perniciosae linguae", Tigurine version; "linguae confractionum calamitatum, injuriarum", Vatablus; "ad linguam exiliorum", Michaelis.
F2 So Michaelis.

箴言 17:4 In-Context

2 僕 人 辦 事 聰 明 ， 必 管 轄 貽 羞 之 子 ， 又 在 眾 子 中 同 分 產 業 。

3 鼎 為 煉 銀 ， 爐 為 煉 金 ； 惟 有 耶 和 華 熬 煉 人 心 。

4 行 惡 的 ， 留 心 聽 奸 詐 之 言 ； 說 謊 的 ， 側 耳 聽 邪 惡 之 語 。

5 戲 笑 窮 人 的 ， 是 辱 沒 造 他 的 主 ； 幸 災 樂 禍 的 ， 必 不 免 受 罰 。

6 子 孫 為 老 人 的 冠 冕 ； 父 親 是 兒 女 的 榮 耀 。