New International Version
Proverbs 29:12
12If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials become wicked.
Proverbs 29:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
- English Standard Version (ESV)If a ruler listens to falsehood, all his officials will be wicked.
- New King James Version (NKJV)If a ruler pays attention to lies, All his servants become wicked.
- New Living Translation (NLT)If a ruler pays attention to liars, all his advisers will be wicked.
Context of Proverbs 29:12
10The bloodthirsty hate a person of integrity and seek to kill the upright. 11Fools give full vent to their rage, but the wise bring calm in the end. If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials become wicked. 13The poor and the oppressor have this in common: The Lord gives sight to the eyes of both. 14If a king judges the poor with fairness, his throne will be established forever.
Read all of Proverbs 29Proverbs 29:12 word by word
מֹ֭שֵׁל מַקְשִׁ֣יב עַל־דְּבַר־שָׁ֑קֶר כָּֽל־מְשָׁרְתָ֥יו רְשָׁעִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 29:12
- Proverbs 20:8When a king sits on his throne to judge, he winnows out all evil with his eyes.
- Proverbs 25:23Like a north wind that brings unexpected rain is a sly tongue—which provokes a horrified look.
- 1 Samuel 22:8Is that why you have all conspired against me? No one tells me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you is concerned about me or tells me that my son has incited my servant to lie in wait for me, as he does today.”
- 1 Samuel 23:19The Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hakilah, south of Jeshimon?
- 2 Samuel 3:7Now Saul had had a concubine named Rizpah daughter of Aiah. And Ish-Bosheth said to Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?”
- 2 Samuel 4:5Now Rekab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out for the house of Ish-Bosheth, and they arrived there in the heat of the day while he was taking his noonday rest.
- 1 Kings 21:11So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel directed in the letters she had written to them.
- 2 Kings 10:6Then Jehu wrote them a second letter, saying, “If you are on my side and will obey me, take the heads of your master’s sons and come to me in Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the royal princes, seventy of them, were with the leading men of the city, who were rearing them.
- Psalms 52:2You who practice deceit, your tongue plots destruction; it is like a sharpened razor.
- Psalms 101:5Whoever slanders their neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not tolerate.
Commentaries on Proverbs 29:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12If a ruler hearken to lies - Wherever the system of espionage is permitted to prevail, there the system of falsity is established; for he who is capable of being a spy and informer, is not only capable of telling and swearing lies, but also of cutting his king's or even his father's throat. I have seen cases, where the same spy received pay from both parties, and deceived both.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12All his servants are wicked - They know what will please, and they become informers and backbiters.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12Verse 12 One who loves flatterers, and hearkens to slanderers, causes his servants to become liars and false accusers.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. His servants imitate him.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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