行恶的，留心听奸诈之言；说谎的，侧耳听邪恶之语。

行恶的，留心听恶毒的嘴唇；说谎的，侧耳听邪恶的舌头。

行恶的，留心听恶毒的嘴唇；说谎的，侧耳听邪恶的舌头。

作恶者留心听恶言，说谎者侧耳听坏话。

作恶的人留心听邪恶的话；说谎的人侧耳听攻击人的话。

作恶的人，留心听恶毒嘴唇所说的；撒谎的人，侧耳听奸恶舌头所言的。

行惡的，留心聽奸詐之言；說謊的，側耳聽邪惡之語。

行惡的，留心聽惡毒的嘴唇；說謊的，側耳聽邪惡的舌頭。

行惡的，留心聽惡毒的嘴唇；說謊的，側耳聽邪惡的舌頭。

作惡者留心聽惡言，說謊者側耳聽壞話。

作惡的人留心聽邪惡的話；說謊的人側耳聽攻擊人的話。

作壞事的留心聽奸惡之嘴脣所說的；虛假的人側耳聽毁滅人的舌頭所發表的。

作惡的人，留心聽惡毒嘴唇所說的；撒謊的人，側耳聽奸惡舌頭所言的。

作惡者、喜聽奸邪之口、言誑者、傾聽毒害之舌、

強暴者喜強暴、虛誕者喜虛誕。

行惡者聽詐言、言誑者信惡語、

A wicked person listens to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

Evil people listen to lies. Lying people listen to evil.

An evildoer listens to wicked lips, and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

Wrongdoers eagerly listen to gossip; liars pay close attention to slander.

A wicked person listens to malicious talk; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

An evildoer listens to wicked lips; A liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

An evildoer gives heed to false lips; A liar listens eagerly to a spiteful tongue.

An evil- doer giveth heed to wicked lips; And a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

A wicked person listens to malicious talk; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips;[ and] a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

One who acts wickedly pays attention to evil counsel; a liar listens to a malicious tongue.

An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. (niv)

Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked, but those who heed it resist them. (niv)

They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them. (niv)

They say to the seers,“ See no more visions!” and to the prophets,“ Give us no more visions of what is right! Tell us pleasant things, prophesy illusions. (niv)

The prophets prophesy lies, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end? (niv)

So the king of Israel brought together the prophets— about four hundred men— and asked them,“ Shall I go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall I refrain?”“ Go,” they answered,“ for the Lord will give it into the king’s hand.”But Jehoshaphat asked,“ Is there no longer a prophet of the Lord here whom we can inquire of?”The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat,“ There is still one prophet through whom we can inquire of the Lord, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good about me, but always bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.”“ The king should not say such a thing,” Jehoshaphat replied.So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said,“ Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”Dressed in their royal robes, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, with all the prophets prophesying before them.Now Zedekiah son of Kenaanah had made iron horns and he declared,“ This is what the Lord says:‘ With these you will gore the Arameans until they are destroyed.’”All the other prophets were prophesying the same thing.“ Attack Ramoth Gilead and be victorious,” they said,“ for the Lord will give it into the king’s hand.”The messenger who had gone to summon Micaiah said to him,“ Look, the other prophets without exception are predicting success for the king. Let your word agree with theirs, and speak favorably.”But Micaiah said,“ As surely as the Lord lives, I can tell him only what the Lord tells me.”When he arrived, the king asked him,“ Micaiah, shall we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or not?”“ Attack and be victorious,” he answered,“ for the Lord will give it into the king’s hand.”The king said to him,“ How many times must I make you swear to tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord?”Then Micaiah answered,“ I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd, and the Lord said,‘ These people have no master. Let each one go home in peace.’”The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat,“ Didn’t I tell you that he never prophesies anything good about me, but only bad?”Micaiah continued,“ Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne with all the multitudes of heaven standing around him on his right and on his left.And the Lord said,‘ Who will entice Ahab into attacking Ramoth Gilead and going to his death there?’“ One suggested this, and another that.Finally, a spirit came forward, stood before the Lord and said,‘ I will entice him.’“‘ By what means?’ the Lord asked.“‘ I will go out and be a deceiving spirit in the mouths of all his prophets,’ he said.“‘ You will succeed in enticing him,’ said the Lord.‘ Go and do it.’“ So now the Lord has put a deceiving spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours. The Lord has decreed disaster for you.”Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah went up and slapped Micaiah in the face.“ Which way did the spirit from the Lord go when he went from me to speak to you?” he asked.Micaiah replied,“ You will find out on the day you go to hide in an inner room.”The king of Israel then ordered,“ Take Micaiah and send him back to Amon the ruler of the city and to Joash the king’s sonand say,‘ This is what the king says: Put this fellow in prison and give him nothing but bread and water until I return safely.’”Micaiah declared,“ If you ever return safely, the Lord has not spoken through me.” Then he added,“ Mark my words, all you people!” (niv)

He said to them,“ Listen, men of Benjamin! Will the son of Jesse give all of you fields and vineyards? Will he make all of you commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds?Is that why you have all conspired against me? No one tells me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you is concerned about me or tells me that my son has incited my servant to lie in wait for me, as he does today.”But Doeg the Edomite, who was standing with Saul’s officials, said,“ I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelek son of Ahitub at Nob.Ahimelek inquired of the Lord for him; he also gave him provisions and the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”Then the king sent for the priest Ahimelek son of Ahitub and all the men of his family, who were the priests at Nob, and they all came to the king. (niv)

One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was filled with wonder and followed the beast.People worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked,“ Who is like the beast? Who can wage war against it?”The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise its authority for forty-two months.It opened its mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven.It was given power to wage war against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast— all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world. (niv)