Pro 17:7
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. {Excellent...: Heb. A lip of excellency} {lying...: Heb. a lip of lying}
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If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants {are} wicked.
But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or {that} thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
A divine sentence {is} in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment. {A divine...: Heb. Divination}
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
The legs of the lame are not equal: so {is} a parable in the mouth of fools. {are...: Heb. are lifted up}
I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; {it} shall not cleave to me. {wicked...: Heb. thing of Belial}
The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men {must be} just, ruling in the fear of God. {He...: or, Be thou ruler, etc}
Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue {is} but for a moment.
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, {A proud...: Heb. Haughty eyes}
The legs of the lame are not equal: so {is} a parable in the mouth of fools. {are...: Heb. are lifted up}
And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. {green...: or, new cords: Heb. moist} {another: Heb. one}
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.