Passage Resources Hebrew/Greek Your Content
Previous Next
Add parallel Print Page Options Listen to Proverbs 17:7, Proverbs 17:26
Close NASB

Proverbs 17:7
New American Standard Bible

7 [a](A)Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool,
Much less are (B)lying lips to a prince.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:7 Lit A lip of abundance
Close NLT

Proverbs 17:7
New Living Translation

7 Eloquent words are not fitting for a fool;
    even less are lies fitting for a ruler.

Read full chapter
Next
Proverbs 16
Proverbs 18
Next
Previous Next
Close NASB

Proverbs 17:26
New American Standard Bible

26 It is also not good to (A)fine the righteous,
Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.

Read full chapter
Close NLT

Proverbs 17:26
New Living Translation

26 It is wrong to punish the godly for being good
    or to flog leaders for being honest.

Read full chapter
Next
Proverbs 16
Proverbs 18
Next
dropdown
New American Standard Bible (NASB)

New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.

New American Standard Bible is made available by The Lockman Foundation
New Living Translation (NLT)

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.