7 Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool- how much worse lying lips to a ruler!
7 Excellent
7 Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince.
7 We don't expect eloquence from fools, nor do we expect lies from our leaders.
7 Excellent speech is not becoming to a fool, Much less lying lips to a prince.
7 Eloquent words are not fitting for a fool; even less are lies fitting for a ruler.
10 It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury- how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
10 It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury, much less for a slave to rule over princes.
10 Blockheads shouldn't live on easy street any more than workers should give orders to their boss.
10 Luxury is not fitting for a fool, Much less for a servant to rule over princes.
10 It isn't right for a fool to live in luxury or for a slave to rule over princes!
(Read Proverbs 19:10)
A man that has not wisdom and grace, has no right or title to true joy. It is very unseemly for one who is a servant to sin, to oppress God's free-men.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 17:7
Commentary on Proverbs 17:7
(Read Proverbs 17:7)
A fool, in Solomon's Proverbs, signifies a wicked man, whom excellent speech does not become, because his conversation contradicts it.