7Eloquent 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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Eloquentיֶ֑תֶרH3499Noun - masculine singularwordsשְׂפַת־H8193Noun - feminine singular constructare unfitלֹא־H3808Adverb - Negative particle. . .נָאוָ֣הH5000Adjective - feminine singularfor a foolלְנָבָ֣לH5036Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singularhow much worseאַ֝֗ףH637Conjunction. . .כִּֽי־H3588Conjunctionare lyingשָֽׁקֶר׃H8267Noun - masculine singularlipsשְׂפַת־H8193Noun - feminine singular constructto a rulerלְנָדִ֥יבH5081Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular