Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.
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Proverbs 20:8
A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.

Proverbs 25:23
As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.

1 Samuel 22:8
Is that why all of you have conspired against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made a covenant with Jesse's son. Not one of you has shown concern for me or revealed to me that my son has stirred up my own servant to lie in wait against me, as is the case today."

1 Samuel 23:19-23
Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, "Is not David hiding with us in strongholds in Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, south of Jeshimon? . . .

2 Samuel 3:7-11
Meanwhile, Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. So Ish-bosheth questioned Abner, "Why did you sleep with my father's concubine?" . . .

2 Samuel 4:5-12
Now Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, while the king was taking his midday nap. . . .

1 Kings 21:11-13
So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth's city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them. . . .

2 Kings 10:6, 7
Then Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: "If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master's sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow." Now the king's sons, seventy in all, were being brought up by the leading men of the city. . . .

Psalm 52:2-4
Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit. . . .

Psalm 101:5-7
Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
If a ruler pays attention to falsehood, All his ministers become wicked.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.

International Standard Version
When a ruler is listening to lies, all of his officials tend to become wicked.

NET Bible
If a ruler listens to lies, all his ministers will be wicked.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
All the Servants of a Prince that hears a lying word are evil.
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