Proverbs 17:8
A gyft is as a precious stone vnto hym that hath it: but vnto whom soeuer it turneth, it maketh hym vnwise.
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In Context
7Speache of aucthoritie becommeth not a foole, much lesse a lying mouth then beseemeth a prince.
9Who so couereth a fault, procureth loue: but he that discloseth it, deuideth very frendes.
Cross References
Genesis 32:14Two hundred shee gotes, and twentie hee gotes, two hundred sheepe, & twentie rammes,
Genesis 33:9And Esau saide: I haue inough my brother, kepe that thou hast vnto thy selfe.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 17:8
7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. Two things are here represented as very absurd: 1. That men of no repute should be dictators. What can be more unbecoming than for fools, who are known to have little sense and discretion, to pretend to that which is above them and which they were never cut out for? A fool, in Solomon's proverbs, signifies a wicked man, whom excellent speech does not become, because his conversation gives the lie to his excellent speech. What have those to… Read the whole commentary →