A moment in scripture
Proverbs 17:7
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Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 17:5
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
- Proverbs 17:6
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
- Proverbs 17:8
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
- Proverbs 17:9
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.