Proverbs 29:12 - Tree of Life Version

If a ruler listens to lies, all his servants will be 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 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 39:19

Now when his master heard the words his wife spoke to him saying, “Such are the things your slave did to me,” his anger burned.

1 Kings 12:14

and spoke to them according to 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 did not listen, so Manasseh led them astray to do more evil than the nations that Adonai had destroyed before Bnei-Yisrael.

Proverbs 20:8

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

Proverbs 25:23

A north wind brings rain, and a backbiting tongue angry faces.

Jeremiah 37:2

But neither he nor his servants, nor the people of the land, paid attention to the words of Adonai which He spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.

1 Samuel 18:22

Then Saul commanded his courtiers, “Speak with David privately and say, ‘Behold, the king delights in you and all his courtiers love you. So now, become the king’s son-in-law!’”