Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.


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Genesis 21 18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
Genesis 45 12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
Exodus 11 2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver and jewels of gold.
Exodus 22 16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
Exodus 32 18 And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.
Leviticus 19 11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
1 Samuel 2 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
1 Samuel 8 9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
1 Samuel 18 23 And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
2 Samuel 3 33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
2 Samuel 13 13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.
2 Samuel 14 15 Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.
2 Samuel 14 18 Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.
2 Samuel 19 7 Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.
1 Kings 3 13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.
1 Kings 10 7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.
1 Chronicles 17 18 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.
1 Chronicles 29 12 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
2 Chronicles 1 12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.
2 Chronicles 32 7 Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:
Nehemiah 2 2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
Esther 6 9 And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
Job 6 28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
Job 7 11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 11 3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
Job 11 12 For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
Job 13 17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
Job 15 31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
Job 17 5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Job 20 12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
Job 21 3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
Job 23 12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Job 27 4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
Job 27 19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
Job 31 5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
Job 32 9 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Job 33 2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
Job 33 3 My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
Job 34 19 How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
Job 37 20 Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
Psalms 10 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
Psalms 10 17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
Psalms 12 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
Psalms 12 3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
Psalms 12 4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
Psalms 17 3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Psalms 31 18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Psalms 33 16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
Psalms 34 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Psalms 36 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.