Proverbs 17:7
Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.
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Cross references
- Proverbs 29:12 If a ruler listens to lies, all of his officials are wicked.
- Psalm 50:16–17 But to the wicked God says, “What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips, since you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you?
- 2 Samuel 23:3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, ‘One who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,