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Proverbs 17:7

Wordis wel set togidere bisemen not a fool; and a liynge lippe bicometh not a prince.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

In Context

6The coroun of elde men is the sones of sones; and the glorie of sones is the fadris of hem.

8A preciouse stoon moost acceptable is the abiding of hym that sekith; whidur euere he turneth hym silf, he vndurstondith prudentli.

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Cross References

Job 34:12For verili God schal not condempne with out cause; nether Almyyti God schal distrie doom.

Psalms 101:3Turne not awei thi face fro me; in what euere dai Y am troblid, bowe doun thin eere to me. In what euere day Y schal inwardli clepe thee; here thou me swiftli.

Proverbs 16:10Dyuynyng is in the lippis of a king; his mouth schal not erre in doom.

Proverbs 29:12A prince that herith wilfuli the wordis of a leesyng; schal haue alle mynystris vnfeithful.

This Verse In Other Editions

King James VersionBíblia Portuguesa MundialLuther Bibel (Deutsch)Bible Louis Segond (Français)Библия (Русский)新标点和合本성경 (한국어)الكتاب المقدس باللغة العربية، فان دايكBibbia Diodati (Italiano)Kinh Thánh (Tiếng Việt)Biblia Cornilescu (Română)Polish Biblia Gdanska (1881)Statenvertaling (Nederlands)

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