Proverbs 17:7
Faithful lips will not suit a fool; nor lying lips a just man.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
In Context
6a The faithful has the whole world full of wealth; but the faithless not even a farthing.
Cross References
Job 34:12And thinkest thou that the Lord will do wrong, or will the Almighty who made the earth wrest judgment?
Psalms 101:3Turn not away thy face from me: in the day when I am afflicted, incline thine ear to me: in the day when I shall call upon thee, speedily hear me.
Proverbs 16:10There is an oracle upon the lips of a king; and his mouth shall not err in judgment.
Proverbs 29:12When a king hearkens to unjust language, all his subjects are transgressors.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 17:7
Common Truths. 6 Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers. They are so, that is, they should be so, and, if they conduct themselves worthily, they are so. 1. It is an honour to parents when they are old to leave children, and children's children, growing up, that tread in the steps of their virtues, and are likely to maintain and advance the reputation of their families. It is an honour to a man to live so long as to see his children's children ( Ps. cxxviii. 6 ;… Read the whole commentary →