Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!
If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.
To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
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
Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brot
Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice.
I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
A divine verdict is on the lips of a king; his mouth must not betray justice.