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Proverbs 17:7

Proverbs 17:7 is verse 7 of Proverbs chapter 17, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!

Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.

Proverbs 17:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible

5 He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.

6 Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.

7 Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!

8 A bribe is a charm to its giver; wherever he turns, he succeeds.

9 Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.

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Proverbs 26:7
Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

Psalms 50:16
To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?

Psalms 50:17
For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.

Matthew 7:5
You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

Proverbs 16:10
A divine verdict is on the lips of a king; his mouth must not betray justice.

Proverbs 16:11
Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.

Proverbs 16:12
Wicked behavior is detestable to kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.

Proverbs 16:13
Righteous lips are a king’s delight, and he who speaks honestly is beloved.

Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.

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,

Job 34:12
Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice.

Psalms 101:3
I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.

Psalms 101:4
A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil.

Psalms 101:5
Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.

Proverbs 12:19
Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.