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Proverbs 17:8

אֶֽבֶן ־ חֵן הַשֹּׁחַד בְּעֵינֵי בְעָלָיו אֶֽל ־ כָּל ־ אֲשֶׁר יִפְנֶה יַשְׂכִּֽיל ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

In Context

7לֹא ־ נָאוָה לְנָבָל שְׂפַת ־ יֶתֶר אַף כִּֽי ־ לְנָדִיב שְׂפַת ־ שָֽׁקֶר ׃

9מְֽכַסֶּה ־ פֶּשַׁע מְבַקֵּשׁ אַהֲבָה וְשֹׁנֶה בְדָבָר מַפְרִיד אַלּֽוּף ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 32:14וַיָּלֶן שָׁם בַּלַּיְלָה הַהוּא וַיִּקַּח מִן ־ הַבָּא בְיָדוֹ מִנְחָה לְעֵשָׂו אָחִֽיו ׃

Genesis 33:9וַיֹּאמֶר עֵשָׂו יֶשׁ ־ לִי רָב אָחִי יְהִי לְךָ אֲשֶׁר ־ לָֽךְ ׃

Exodus 23:8וְשֹׁחַד לֹא תִקָּח כִּי הַשֹּׁחַד יְעַוֵּר פִּקְחִים וִֽיסַלֵּף דִּבְרֵי צַדִּיקִֽים ׃

1 Samuel 25:35וַיִּקַּח דָּוִד מִיָּדָהּ אֵת אֲשֶׁר ־ הֵבִיאָה לוֹ וְלָ/הּ אָמַר עֲלִי לְשָׁלוֹם לְבֵיתֵךְ רְאִי שָׁמַעְתִּי בְקוֹלֵךְ וָאֶשָּׂא פָּנָֽיִךְ ׃

Psalms 18:16וַיֵּרָאוּ ׀ אֲפִיקֵי מַיִם וַֽיִּגָּלוּ מוֹסְדוֹת תֵּבֵל מִגַּעֲרָתְךָ יְהוָה מִנִּשְׁמַת רוּחַ אַפֶּֽךָ ׃

Psalms 21:13כִּי תְּשִׁיתֵמוֹ שֶׁכֶם בְּמֵֽיתָרֶיךָ תְּכוֹנֵן עַל ־ פְּנֵיהֶֽם ׃ רוּמָה יְהוָה בְּעֻזֶּךָ נָשִׁירָה וּֽנְזַמְּרָה גְּבוּרָתֶֽךָ ׃

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 →

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