Proverbs 17:8
A stone of grace [is] the bribe in the eyes of its possessors, || Wherever it turns, it prospers.
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In Context
7A lip of excellence is not fitting for a fool, much less a lip of falsehood for a noble.
Cross References
Genesis 32:14female goats two hundred, and male goats twenty, ewes two hundred, and rams twenty,
Genesis 33:9And Esau says, “I have abundance, my brother, that which you have, let it be for yourself.”
Exodus 23:8And you do not take a bribe, for the bribe binds the open-[eyed] and perverts the words of the righteous.
1 Samuel 25:35And David receives from her hand that which she has brought to him, and he has said to her, “Go up in peace to your house; see, I have listened to your voice, and accept your face.”
Psalms 18:16He sends from above—He takes me, || He draws me out of many waters.
Psalms 21:13Be exalted, O YHWH, in Your strength, || We sing and we praise Your might!
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 →