Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
Updated King James Version
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 a wise man keeps it in till afterwards.
13The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lightens both their eyes.
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:22And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you: now therefore be the king's son in law.
1 Samuel 23:19Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
2 Samuel 4:5And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.
2 Kings 10:6Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If all of you be mine, and if all of you will hearken unto my voice, take all of you the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by tomorrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.
Psalms 101:5Whoso privately slanders his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that has an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
Proverbs 25:23The north wind drives away rain: so does an angry countenance a backbiting 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 →