Proverbs 29:12
When a king hearkens to unjust language, all his subjects are transgressors.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
In Context
11A fool utters all his mind: but the wise reserves his in part.
13When the creditor and debtor meet together, the Lord oversees them both.
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:22And Saul charged his servants, saying, Speak you⌃ privately to David, saying, Behold, the king delights in you, and all his servants love you, and do you becomes the king's son-in-law.
1 Samuel 23:19And the Ziphites came up out of the dry country to Saul to the hill, saying, Behold, is not David hidden with us in Messara, in the narrows in Caene in the hill of Echela, which is on the right of Jessaemon?
2 Samuel 4:5And Rechab and Baana the sons of Remmon the Berothite went, and they came in the heat of the day into the house of Jebosthe; and he was sleeping on a bed at noon.
2 Kings 10:6And Ju wrote them a second letter, saying, If you⌃ are for me, and listen to my voice, take the heads of the men your master's sons, and bring them to me at this time to-morrow in Jezrael. Now the sons of the king were seventy men; these great men of the city brought them up.
Psalms 101:5By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bone has cleaved to my flesh. 1
Proverbs 25:23The north wind raises clouds; so an impudent face provokes the tongue.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:12
11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards. Note, 1. It is a piece of weakness to be very open: He is a fool who utters all his mind, —who tells every thing he knows, and has in his mouth instantly whatever he has in his thoughts, and can keep no counsel,—who, whatever is started in discourse, quickly shoots his bolt,—who, when he is provoked, will say any thing that comes uppermost, whoever is reflected upon by it,—who, when he is to speak of any business, will say all he… Read the whole commentary →