Proverbs 17:7

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


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    Proverbs 19:10 - Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

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    Proverbs 26:1 - Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.

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    Psalms 14:1 - The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is no one who does good.

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    Proverbs 12:22 - Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight.

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    Proverbs 29:20 - Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

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    Proverbs 16:12 - It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness.

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    Proverbs 14:7 - Stay away from a foolish man, for you won't find knowledge on his lips.

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    Proverbs 18:24 - 19:1 - A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

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    Psalms 94:19 - In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.

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    Proverbs 18:2 - A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.

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Comments

  • Matthew Henry - 12/1/2011*
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    A fool, in Solomon's Proverbs, signifies a wicked man, whom excellent speech does not become, because his conversation contradicts it.



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