Proverbs 29:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹² If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² If a ruler hearken to lies, All his servants are wicked.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² If a ruler listens to falsehood, all his officials will become wicked.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹² If a ruler listens to lies, those who serve him will be wicked.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² A leader who freely listens to lying words has only impious servants.

Proverbs 29:12 Cross References

Genesis 39:19

When his master heard the story his wife told him #– #‘These are the things your slave did to me’ #– #he was furious

1 Kings 12:14

and spoke to them according to the young men’s advice: ‘My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with barbed whips.’

2 Kings 21:9

But they did not listen; Manasseh caused them to stray so that they did worse evil than the nations the Lord had destroyed before the Israelites.

Proverbs 20:8

A king sitting on a throne to judge separates out all evil with his eyes.

Proverbs 25:23

The north wind produces rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.

Jeremiah 37:2

He and his officers and the people of the land did not obey the words of the Lord   that he spoke through the prophet Jeremiah.

1 Samuel 18:22

Saul then ordered his servants, ‘Speak to David in private and tell him, “Look, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. Therefore, you should become the king’s son-in-law.” ’