Proverbs 17:7

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

Cross References (9)

  • Proverbs 29:12 (5)

    If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.

  • Psalms 50:16–17 (3)

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

  • 2 Samuel 23:3 (2)

    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

  • Proverbs 12:19 (2)

    Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

  • Proverbs 26:7 (2)

    Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

  • Matthew 7:5 (2)

    You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brot

  • Job 34:12 (2)

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

  • Psalms 101:3–5 (2)

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

  • Proverbs 16:10–13 (2)

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