Proverbs 17:8
The expectation of him that expecteth is a most acceptable jewel: whithersoever he turneth himself, he understandeth wisely.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
In Context
7Eloquent words do not become a fool, nor lying lips a prince.
Cross References
Genesis 32:14Two hundred she-goats, twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
Genesis 33:9But he said: I have plenty, my brother, keep what is thine for thyself.
Exodus 23:8Neither shalt thou take bribes, which even blind the wise, and pervert the words of the just.
1 Samuel 25:35And David received at her hand all that she had brought him, and said to her: Go in peace into thy house, behold I have heard thy voice, and honoured thy face.
Psalms 21:13Many calves have surrounded me: fat bulls have besieged me.
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 →