7 Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!
Focused Passage
Proverbs 17:7
Wisdom in Household Peace, Tested Hearts, Just Speech, and Relational Restraint
The chapter moves through household peace, divine heart-testing, speech and poverty, family honor, bribery and love, rebuke and folly, quarrels and justice, friendship and surety, conflict and grief, crooked justice, wandering folly, and restrained speech.
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Verse 7
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Eloquent יֶ֑תֶר H3499 Noun - masculine singular words שְׂפַת־ H8193 Noun - feminine singular construct are unfit לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle . . . נָאוָ֣ה H5000 Adjective - feminine singular for a fool לְנָבָ֣ל H5036 Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular how much worse אַ֝֗ף H637 Conjunction . . . כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction are lying שָֽׁקֶר׃ H8267 Noun - masculine singular lips שְׂפַת־ H8193 Noun - feminine singular construct to a ruler לְנָדִ֥יב H5081 Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular