Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince.
If a ruler listens to falsehood, all his officials will be wicked.
You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
An oracle is on the lips of a king; his mouth does not sin in judgment. A just balance and scales are the Lord's; all the weights in the bag are his work. It is an abomination to kings to do evil, for the throne is established by righteousness. Righteous lips are the delight of a king, and he loves him who speaks what is right.
Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me. A perverse heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil. Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.
But to the wicked God says: “What right have you to recite my statutes or take my covenant on your lips? For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you.
Of a truth, God will not do wickedly, and the Almighty will not pervert justice.
The God of Israel has spoken; the Rock of Israel has said to me: When one rules justly over men, ruling in the fear of God,
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