Cross references
Proverbs 17:7
Eloquent words are unfit for a fool;
how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!
Proverbs 17:7 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 29:12 (5 votes) and Psalm 50:16–17 (3 votes). 5 other verses point back to it. It links with 5 other books, from Judges 16 to Matthew 7.
Which verses does Proverbs 17:7 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Proverbs 29:125 votes
If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.
- Psalm 50:16–173 votes
To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips? For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
- 2 Samuel 23:32 votes
The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,
- Job 34:122 votes
Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice.
- Psalm 101:3–52 votes
I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me. A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil. …
- Proverbs 12:192 votes
Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
- Proverbs 16:10–132 votes
A divine verdict is on the lips of a king; his mouth must not betray justice. Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern. …
- Proverbs 26:72 votes
Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
- Matthew 7:52 votes
You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
Which verses point to Proverbs 17:7?
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