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Read Full Chapter (Proverbs 17) Proverbs 17:7 KJV
"Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince."
Proverbs 17:7 in Context (Verses 4–10 KJV)
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A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
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Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.*
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Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
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Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.**
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A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.*
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He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.*
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A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.*