Proverbs 17:7 Cross References - EJ2000

⁷ ¶ Excellent speech is not suitable for a fool: much less lying lips for a prince!

³ The God of Israel dictated unto me, the strong One of Israel spoke): He that rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.

¹² Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.

¹⁶ ¶ But unto the wicked God saith, What part hast thou to declare my statutes or that thou should take my covenant in thy mouth? ¹⁷ Seeing thou dost hate chastening and dost cast my words behind thee.

³ I will set nothing of Belial before my eyes: I hate the work of those that betray; it shall not cleave to me. ⁴ A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will not know a wicked person. ⁵ Whosoever secretly slanders his neighbour, I will cut off; he that has a high look and a proud heart I will not suffer.

¹⁹ ¶ The lip of truth shall be established for ever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

¹⁰ ¶ A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; his mouth does not transgress in judgment. ¹¹ ¶ A just weight and balance are the LORD’s; all the weights of the bag are his work. ¹² ¶ It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness, for the throne is to be established with righteousness. ¹³ ¶ Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him that speaks that which is right.

⁷ Like unto the way that the one who is lame walks, so is a proverb in the mouth of the fool.

¹² ¶ Of the ruler who hearkens unto the lying word, all his ministers are evil.

⁵ Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou be able to see to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.