Faithful lips will not suit a fool; nor lying lips a just man.
LXX
Proverbs 17:7
Faithful lips will not suit a fool; nor lying lips a just man.
Parallel Translations
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.
Cross References
Proverbs 29:12Psalms 50:16–17Matthew 7:5Job 34:12Proverbs 26:7Proverbs 16:10–13Psalms 101:3–52 Samuel 23:3Proverbs 12:19
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