Proverbs 17:7
Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!
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Cross references
- Proverbs 29:12 If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.
- Psalm 50:16–17 To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips? For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
- 2 Samuel 23:3 The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,