Flatterers, especially false teachers, are welcome to those that live in sin.
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Proverbs 17:4
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commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 17:1-28EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 17:1-9Traits of outward dad inward happiness. Happiness depends more on the inward state than on the outward condition Hence— I. CONTENTMENT AS AN ELEMENT OF HAPPINESS. (Proverbs 17:1.) The dry morsel, with rest and quiet in…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 17:4Note, 1. Those that design to do ill support themselves by falsehood and lying: A wicked doer gives ear, with a great deal of pleasure, to false lips, that will justify him in the ill he does, to those that aim to make…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 17:4A wicked doer giveth heed to false (evil) lips. A bad man delights in and hearkens to evil words; he takes pleasure in those who counsel wickedness, because they are after his own heart. Like mates with like. And a liar…Joseph S. Exell and contributors