THEOSISProverbs 17:7Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Eloquent words do not become a fool, nor lying lips a prince.
לֹא־נָאוָ֣ה לְנָבָ֣ל שְׂפַת־יֶ֑תֶר אַ֝֗ף כִּֽי־לְנָדִ֥יב שְׂפַת־שָֽׁקֶר׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 29:12A prince that gladly heareth lying words, hath all his servants wicked.
- Ps 101 (100):3
- Ps 101 (100):5
- Matt 7:5Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thy own eye, and then shalt thou see to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
- 2 Sam 23:3The God of Israel said to me, the strong one of Israel spoke, the ruler of men, the just ruler in the fear of God.
- Prov 26:7As a lame man hath fair legs in vain: so a parable is unseemly in the mouth of fools.
- Job 34:12For in very deed God will not condemn without cause, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
- Prov 16:10Divination is in the lips of the king, his mouth shall not err in judgment.