Proverbs 17:4

Proverbs 17:4
A wrongdoer gives attention to evil lips, and a man of deceit gives ear to a damaging tongue.

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Exodus 20:16
Do not give false witness against your neighbour.

Exodus 23:7
Keep yourselves far from any false business; never let the upright or him who has done no wrong be put to death: for I will make the evil-doer responsible for his sin.

2 Samuel 16:3
And the king said, And where is your master's son? And Ziba said, He is still at Jerusalem: for he said, Today Israel will give back to me the kingdom of my father.

2 Samuel 19:27
He has given you a false account of me: but my lord the king is like the angel of God: do then whatever seems good to you.

Psalms 15:3
Whose tongue is not false, who does no evil to his friend, and does not take away the good name of his neighbour;

Psalms 120:3
What punishment will he give you? what more will he do to you, you false tongue?

Proverbs 10:18
Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.

Jeremiah 20:10
For numbers of them say evil secretly in my hearing (there is fear on every side): they say, Come, let us give witness against him; all my nearest friends, who are watching for my fall, say, It may be that he will be taken by deceit, and we will get the better of him and give him punishment.

Matthew 28:14
And if this comes to the ruler's ears, we will see that he does not make you responsible.

Matthew 28:15
So they took the money, and did as they had been ordered: and this account has been current among the Jews till the present time.

Romans 3:8
Let us not do evil so that good may come (a statement which we are falsely said by some to have made), because such behaviour will have its right punishment.

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1 Samuel 17:28
And Eliab, his oldest brother, hearing what David said to the men, was moved to wrath against David, and said, Why have you come here? Into whose care have you given that little flock of sheep in the waste land? I have knowledge of your pride and the evil of your heart, you have come down to see the fight.

Jeremiah 24:2
One basket had very good figs, like the figs which first come to growth: and the other basket had very bad figs, so bad that they were of no use for food.

Jeremiah 24:8
And like the bad figs which are so bad that they are of no use for food, so I will give up Zedekiah, king of Judah, and his chiefs and the rest of Jerusalem who are still in this land, and those who are in the land of Egypt:

Jeremiah 24:9
I will give them up to be a cause of fear and of trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth; to be a name of shame and common talk and a cutting word and a curse in all the places wherever I will send them wandering.

Jeremiah 24:10
And I will send the sword, and need of food, and disease, among them till they are all cut off from the land which I gave to them and to their fathers.

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1 Samuel 24:9
And David said to Saul, Why do you give any attention to those who say that it is my desire to do you wrong?

1 Samuel 26:19
Let my lord the king give ear now to the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who is moving you against me, let him take an offering: but if it is the children of men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for driving me out today and keeping me from my place in the heritage of the Lord, saying, Go, be the servant of other gods.

Psalms 141:6
When destruction comes to their judges by the side of the rock, they will give ear to my words, for they are sweet.

Proverbs 16:28
A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.

Proverbs 18:8
The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, and go down into the inner parts of the stomach.

Proverbs 26:20
Without wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no secret talk, argument is ended.

Proverbs 26:21
Like breath on coals and wood on fire, so a man given to argument gets a fight started.

Proverbs 26:22
The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, they go down into the inner parts of the stomach.

Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler gives attention to false words, all his servants are evil-doers.

Ecclesiastes 7:21
Do not give ear to all the words which men say, for fear of hearing the curses of your servant.

Ecclesiastes 7:22
Your heart has knowledge how frequently others have been cursed by you.

James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell.

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1 Kings 22:6
So the king of Israel got all the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Am I to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And they said, Go up: for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.

Isaiah 30:9
For they are an uncontrolled people, false-hearted, who will not give ear to the teaching of the Lord:

Isaiah 30:10
Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not give us word of what is true, but say false things to give us pleasure:

Isaiah 30:11
Get out of the good way, turning from the right road; do not keep the Holy One of Israel before our minds.

Jeremiah 5:30
A thing of wonder and fear has come about in the land;

Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets give false words and the priests give decisions by their direction; and my people are glad to have it so: and what will you do in the end?

Micah 2:11
If a man came with a false spirit of deceit, saying, I will be a prophet to you of wine and strong drink: he would be the sort of prophet for this people.

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Psalms 36:4
He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.

Psalms 38:12
Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit.

Psalms 52:4
Destruction is in all your words, O false tongue.

Psalms 55:11
Evil is there; cruel rule and deceit are ever in the streets.

Isaiah 58:9
Then at the sound of your voice, the Lord will give an answer; at your cry he will say, Here am I. If you take away from among you the yoke, the putting out of the finger of shame, and the evil word;

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Proverbs 17:6
Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.

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Proverbs 17:11
An uncontrolled man is only looking for trouble, so a cruel servant will be sent against him.

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Proverbs 17:17
A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.

Proverbs 17:19
The lover of fighting is a lover of sin: he who makes high his doorway is looking for destruction.

Proverbs 17:20
Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.

Proverbs 17:26
To give punishment to the upright is not good, or to give blows to the noble for their righteousness.

Proverbs 24:27
Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house.

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Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.

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Isaiah 13:16
Their young children will be broken up before their eyes; their goods will be taken away, and their wives made the property of others.

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