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Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.

KJV

Princeps qui libenter audit verba mendacii, omnes ministros habet impios.

Vulgate

βασιλέως ἐπακούοντος λόγον ἄδικον, πάντες οἱ ὑπ’ αὐτὸν παράνομοι.

LXX

If a ruler hearkeneth to falsehood, All his servants are wicked.

ASV

מֹ֭שֵׁל מַקְשִׁ֣יב עַל דְּבַר שָׁ֑קֶר כָּֽל מְשָׁרְתָ֥י/ו רְשָׁעִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
ה
h
verb · 46×
וֹ
v
verb · 97×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מוֹשֵׁ֖ל
mvshl
verb · 82×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
שָֽׁקֶר
shqr
noun · 110×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 22:8 — That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me tha
  • 1Sam 24:1 — And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi.
  • 1Sam 24:9 — And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
  • 2Chr 33:9 — So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.
  • 2Kgs 10:6 — Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master’s sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow thi
  • 2Kgs 21:9 — But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.
  • Dan 3:2 — Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to co
  • Jer 37:2 — But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.
  • Neh 5:15 — But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the peop
  • Prov 14:35 — The king’s favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.
  • Prov 17:7 — Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
  • Prov 20:8 — A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
  • Ps 12:8 — The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
  • Ps 52:2 — Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
  • Ps 101:5 — Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
  • Ps 101:7 — He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
  • Zeph 1:9 — In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.