Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Proverbs 17:4
The two clauses describe two phases of the mutual affinities of evil. The evil-doer delights in lies, the liar in bad words.
The two clauses describe two phases of the mutual affinities of evil. The evil-doer delights in lies, the liar in bad words.
Verse Proverbs 17:4. _A WICKED DOER GIVETH HEED_] An evil heart is disposed and ever ready to receive evil; and liars delight in lies....
CHAPTER 17 DIVERSE PROVERBS Of the twenty-eight proverbs found in this chapter we point out but a few. “The fining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold; but the LORD trieth the hearts” (Proverbs...
PROVERBS 17. Fresh points are the rise of the able and clever slave to a place in the family (Proverbs 17:2), the practice of bribes (Proverbs 17:8; Proverbs 17:23), the value of adversity as a test o...
WICKED. mischief maker. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44. LIAR. Hebrew "lie". Text not "corrupt"; but "lie "is put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Effect), App-6, for the man who habitually lies: i.e.. liar...
_false_ Rather, WICKED, R.V., in a wider sense....
AND A LIAR GIVETH EAR TO A NAUGHTY TONGUE— _And a hearkener after lies to,_ &c. Houbigant renders the verse, _A wicked man will give ear to false lips, a just man will not hearken to an evil tongue._...
CHAPTER 17 TEXT Proverbs 17:1-10 1. Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife. 2. A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that ca...
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. A WICKED DOER GIVETH HEED TO FALSE LIPS; (AND) A LIAR (LITERALLY, A LIE) GIVETH EAR TO A NAUGHTY TONGUE - literal...
17:4 liar (i-9) Lit. 'falsehood.'...
1. Lit. 'the sacrifices of strife.' There would be no pleasure in the festal meal which followed a sacrifice (Proverbs 7:14) if it was accompanied with a quarrel. 'A little with quiet is the only diet...
NAUGHTY] injurious....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 17 V1 One man eats dry bread in a calm and quiet place. But that man’s meal is better than the food at a party where there are arguments....
Some people do not like honest words. They want to listen to evil plans. Then they copy the evil plans, and they do evil things themselves....
מֵ֭רַע מַקְשִׁ֣יב עַל ־שְׂפַת ־אָ֑וֶן שֶׁ֥קֶר...
CHAPTER 18 FRIENDSHIP "A friend loveth at all times, and as a brother is born for adversity."- Proverbs 17:17 This rendering, based upon the margin of the R.V, yields a much better sense than the lo...
Verse Proverbs 17:3. Two important thoughts are suggested by this proverb. First, that the heart will yield to no force other than that of God. Dross in metal may be discovered and expurged by fire, b...
_Lips. They mutually deceive one another, as well as others._...
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. Whoso mocketh the poor repro...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
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 lie...
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; [and] a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. Ver. 4. _A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips._] It is an ill sign of a vicious nature to be apt to believe sc...
_A wicked doer_ A malicious and mischievous man, whose practice and delight it is to bring trouble upon others; _giveth heed to false lips_ Hebrew, שׂפת און, _the lip of iniquity_, to any wicked couns...
V. 4. A WICKED DOER GIVETH HEED TO FALSE LIPS, literally, "Wickedness attends to lips of violence," for lies, deceit, and violence agree with the sentiments of a wicked heart; AND A LIAR GIVETH EAR TO...
A WICKED DOER, or, a malicious or mischievous man, whose practice and delight it is to bring trouble to others, GIVETH HEED TO FALSE LIPS, Heb. _to lips of iniquity_, to any wicked counsels or speeche...
Proverbs 17:4 evildoer H7489 (H8688) heed H7181 (H8688) false H205 lips H8193 liar H8267 eagerly H238 ...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: About the most satisfactory substitute for wisdom is silence. Discretion of speech is better than fluency of speech. KEY W...
Proverbs 17:1. _Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith._ See Proverbs 15:17. Proverbs 17:3. _The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace_ (or crucible) _for gold._ Silver ores in Mexico are...
_A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue._ THE CONVERSATIONAL LIKINGS OF BAD MEN Men’s characters may be known by the conversations they most relish. The t...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 17:4. A LIAR. literally, _a lie, falsehood_. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 17:4_ THE EVIL SPEAKER AND THE LISTENER I. THAT WHICH MEN GIVE HEED TO REVEALS THEIR CHARACTER. I...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 17:1 (Comp, Proverbs 15:16, Proverbs 15:17; Proverbs 16:8.) Better
Better is a dry morsel, with quietness, than a house full of sacrifices with strife (Proverbs 17:1). Now the house full of sacrifices refer to the sacrifices. It's, if in that economy the of the Judai...
1 John 4:5; 1 Kings 22:6; 1 Samuel 22:7; 2 Timothy 4:3; 2 Timothy 4:4
False lips — To false accusations and calumnies, which give him occasion and encouragement to do mischief....