Proverbs 29:12

Bible in Basic English 1965

If a ruler gives attention to false words, all his servants are evil-doers.

Cross References

Genesis 39:19

And hearing his wife's account of what his servant had done, he became very angry.

1 Kings 12:14

But giving them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.

2 Kings 21:9

But they did not give ear; and Manasseh made them do more evil than those nations did, whom the Lord gave up to destruction before the children of Israel.

Proverbs 20:8

A king on the seat of judging puts to flight all evil with his eyes.

Proverbs 25:23

As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.

Jeremiah 37:2

But he and his servants and the people of the land did not give ear to the words of the Lord which he said by Jeremiah the prophet.

1 Samuel 18:22

And Saul gave his servants orders saying, Have talk with David secretly and say to him, See how the king has delight in you, and how you are loved by all his servants: then be the king's son-in-law.