The wicked giveth heed to false lips, and a liar hearkeneth to the naughty tongue.

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11 A seditious person seeketh only evil, and a cruel [a]messenger shall be sent against him.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:11 By the messenger is meant such means as God useth to punish the rebels.

23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the [a]bosom to wrest the ways of judgment.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:23 That is, secretly and out of the bosom of the rich.

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