Proverbs 17:7Berean Standard Bible
Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!
Related Verses
Genesis 19:9
“Get out of the way!” they replied. And they declared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them.” And they pressed in on Lot and moved in to break down the door.
Genesis 24:30
As soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.
Genesis 24:52
When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.
Genesis 26:16
Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”
Genesis 27:34
When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, O my father!”