Proverbs 29:12

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Genesis 39:19

When his master heard his wife say, “This is the way your slave treated me,” he became furious.

1 Kings 12:14

and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.”

2 Kings 21:9

But they did not obey, and Manasseh misled them so that they sinned more than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed from before the Israelites.

Proverbs 20:8

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

Proverbs 25:23

The north wind brings forth rain, and a gossiping tongue brings forth an angry look.

Jeremiah 37:2

Neither he nor the officials who served him nor the people of Judah paid any attention to what the Lord said through the prophet Jeremiah.

1 Samuel 18:22

Then Saul instructed his servants, “Tell David secretly, ‘The king is pleased with you, and all his servants like you. So now become the king’s son-in-law.”