Proverbs 29:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

A prince that gladly heareth lying words, hath all his servants wicked.

Proverbs 29:12 Cross References

Genesis 39:19

And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.

1 Kings 12:14

and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions;

2 Kings 21:9

But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than did the nations, whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.

Proverbs 20:8

A king that sitteth on the throne of judgement Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

Proverbs 25:23

The north wind bringeth forth rain: So doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.

Jeremiah 37:2

But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.

1 Samuel 18:22

And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son in law.