Provérbios 17:4

4 O ímpio dá atenção aos lábios maus;o mentiroso dá ouvidos à língua destruidora.

Provérbios 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.

Provérbios 17:4 In-Context

2 O servo sábio dominará sobre o filho de conduta vergonhosae participará da herança como um dos irmãos.

3 O crisol é para a prata e o forno é para o ouro,mas o SENHOR prova o coração.

4 O ímpio dá atenção aos lábios maus;o mentiroso dá ouvidos à língua destruidora.

5 Quem zomba dos pobres mostra desprezo pelo Criador deles;quem se alegra com a desgraça não ficará sem castigo.

6 Os filhos dos filhos são uma coroa para os idosos,e os pais são o orgulho dos seus filhos.