Proverbs 17:7
"Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince."
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- Proverbs 29:12
"If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 50:16
"But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?"
Read in chapter → - Psalms 101:3
"I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 7:5
"Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye."
Read in chapter → - 2 Samuel 23:3
"The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 12:19
"The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 26:7
"The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 16:10
"A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment."
Read in chapter → - Job 34:12
"Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment."
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