Proverbs 17:8
Instruction is to them that use it a gracious reward: and whithersoever it may turn, it shall prosper.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
7Faithful lips will not suit a fool; nor lying lips a just man.
Cross References
Genesis 32:14And he slept there that night, and took of the gifts which he carried with him, and sent out to Esau his brother,
Genesis 33:9And Esau said, I have much, my brother; keep thine own.
Exodus 23:8And thou shalt not receive gifts; for gifts blind the eyes of the seeing, and corrupt just words.
1 Samuel 25:35And David took of her hand all that she brought to him, and said to her, Go in peace to thy house: see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and accepted thy + 25:35 Gr. face.petition.
Psalms 21:13Many + 21:13 Gr. calves.bullocks have compassed me: fat bulls have beset me round.
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 →