⁷ Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince.

³ The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spake to me: One that ruleth over men righteously, That ruleth in the fear of God,

¹² Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice.

¹⁶ But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, And that thou hast taken my covenant in thy mouth,

¹⁷ Seeing thou hatest instruction, And castest my words behind thee?

³ I will set no base thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; It shall not cleave unto me.

⁴ A perverse heart shall depart from me: I will know no evil thing.

⁵ Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I destroy: Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.

¹⁹ The lip of truth shall be established for ever; But a lying tongue is but for a moment.

¹⁰ A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.

¹¹ A just balance and scales are Jehovah's; All the weights of the bag are his work.

¹² It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; For the throne is established by righteousness.

¹³ Righteous lips are the delight of kings; And they love him that speaketh right.

⁷ The legs of the lame hang loose: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

¹² If a ruler hearkeneth to falsehood, All his servants are wicked.

⁵ Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.