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Proverbs 17:4 Interlinear

“A wicked doer giveth heed lips to false and a liar giveth ear tongue to a naughty”

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Proverbs 17 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	מֵ֭רַע	H7489	A wicked doer	properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e., bad (physically, socially or morally)
2	מַקְשִׁ֣יב	H7181	giveth heed	to prick up the ears, i.e., hearken
3	עַל	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
4	שְׂפַת	H8193	lips	the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
5	אָ֑וֶן	H205	to false	strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
6	שֶׁ֥קֶר	H8267	and a liar	an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
7	מֵ֝זִין	H238	giveth ear	to broaden out the ear (with the hand), i.e., (by implication) to listen
8	עַל	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
9	לְשׁ֥וֹן	H3956	tongue	the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame,
10	הַוֹּֽת׃	H1942	to a naughty	by implication, of falling); desire; also ruin

Proverbs 17:4 (current)A wicked doer giveth heed lips to false and a liar giveth ear tongue to a naughty