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Proverbs 17:7
Unseemly in an unworthy man, is the lip of excellence, much more, in one of noble mind, the lip of falsehood.
Proverbs 17:7 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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Proverbs 17:7 in other translations
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!
Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.
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In context
4 Discord, giveth heed to the aggrieving lip,—Falsehood, giveth ear to the destroying tongue.
5 He that mocketh the poor, hath reproached his Maker, He that maketh merry at distress, shall not be held innocent.
6 The crown of old men, consists of children’s children, and the adornment of children, is their fathers.
7 Unseemly in an unworthy man, is the lip of excellence, much more, in one of noble mind, the lip of falsehood.
8 A gift, in the eyes of its owner, is, a stone of beauty, whithersoever it turneth, it bringeth prosperity.
9 He that hideth a transgression, seeketh love, but, he that repeateth a matter, separateth intimate friends.
10 A reproof sinketh more deeply into an intelligent man than a hundred stripes, into a dullard!
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