Proverbs 17:7

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Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

The legs of a lame man hang loose. So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

But to the wicked man God says, What have thou to do to declare my statutes, and that thou have taken my covenant in thy mouth,

Thou hypocrite, first take out the beam from thine own eye, and then thou will see clearly to take out the speck from thy brother's eye.

A divine sentence is in the lips of the king. His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.

If a ruler hearkens to falsehood, all his servants are wicked.

The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me. He who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,

Yea, certainly God will not do wrong. Neither will the Almighty pervert justice.

I will set no base thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who turn aside. It shall not cleave to me.

The lips of truth shall be established forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.