Proverbs 17:8
Instruction is to them that use it a gracious reward; and wherever it may turn, it shall prosper.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
7Faithful lips will not suit a fool; nor lying lips a just man.
Cross References
Genesis 32:14two hundred she-goats, twenty he-goats, two hundred sheep, twenty rams,
Genesis 33:9And Esau said, I have much, my brother; keep your own.
Exodus 23:8And you shall 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 your house: see, I have listened to your voice, and accepted your + 25:35 Gr. face. petition.
Psalms 21:13They have opened their mouth against me, as a ravening and roaring lion. 1
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 →