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Proverbs 17:7 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 17 · verse 7
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.Proverbs 17:7 · King James Version
Proverbs 17:7 in context
5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
6Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
7Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
8A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
9He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Excellentyetherproperly, an overhangingH3499 →
- becomethnâʼvehsuitable, or beautifulH5000 →
- speechsâphâhthe lipH8193 →
- lyingsheqeran untruthH8267 →
- foolnâbâlstupidH5036 →
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Two things are here represented as very absurd: 1. That men of no repute should be dictators. What can be more unbecoming than for fools, who are known to have little sense and discretion, to pretend to that which is above them and which they were never cut out for? A fool, in Solomon's proverbs, signifies a wicked…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary