Cross references
Proverbs 17:4
A wicked man listens to evil lips;
a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.
Proverbs 17:4 has 8 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 2 Timothy 4:3–4 (10 votes) and Proverbs 28:4 (5 votes). 3 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from Exodus 23 to Revelation 13.
Which verses does Proverbs 17:4 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- 2 Timothy 4:3–410 votes
For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
- Proverbs 28:45 votes
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.
- 1 John 4:55 votes
They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.
- Isaiah 30:104 votes
They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.
- Jeremiah 5:312 votes
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
- 1 Kings 22:6–281 vote
So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.” But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here of whom we can inquire?” …
- Revelation 13:3–81 vote
One of the heads of the beast appeared to have been mortally wounded. But the mortal wound was healed, and the whole world marveled and followed the beast. They worshiped the dragon who had given authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can wage war against it?” …
- 1 Samuel 22:7–110 votes
Then Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse giving all of you fields and vineyards and making you commanders of thousands or hundreds? Is that why all of you have conspired against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made a covenant with the son of Jesse. Not one of you has shown concern for me or revealed to me that my son has stirred up my own servant to lie in wait against me, as is the case today.” …
Which verses point to Proverbs 17:4?
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