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Proverbs 17

Prov. 17:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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ηExcellent
yether (Hebrew #3499)
properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)
KJV usage: + abundant, cord, exceeding, excellancy(-ent), what they leave, that hath left, plentifully, remnant, residue, rest, string, with.
Pronounce: yeh'-ther
Origin: from 3498
speech
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
becometh
na'veh (Hebrew #5000)
suitable, or beautiful
KJV usage: becometh, comely, seemly.
Pronounce: naw-veh'
Origin: from 4998 or 5116
not a fool
nabal (Hebrew #5036)
stupid; wicked (especially impious)
KJV usage: fool(-ish, -ish man, -ish woman), vile person.
Pronounce: naw-bawl'
Origin: from 5034
: much less do θlying
sheqer (Hebrew #8267)
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
KJV usage: without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, + lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.
Pronounce: sheh'-ker
Origin: from 8266
lips
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
a prince
nadiyb (Hebrew #5081)
properly, voluntary, i.e. generous; hence, magnanimous; as noun, a grandee (sometimes a tyrant)
KJV usage: free, liberal (things), noble, prince, willing ((hearted)).
Pronounce: naw-deeb'
Origin: from 5068
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A lip of excellency.
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a lip of lying.

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Prince; Princess

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Ministry on This Verse

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Excellent speech.
Heb. A lip of excellency.
Prov. 26:7• 7The legs of the lame hang loose; so is a proverb in the mouth of fools. (Prov. 26:7)
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Psa. 50:16‑17• 16But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant into thy mouth,
 17Seeing thou hast hated correction and hast cast my words behind thee? (Psa. 50:16‑17)
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Matt. 7:5• 5Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine eye, and then thou wilt see clearly to cast out the mote out of the eye of thy brother. (Matt. 7:5)
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Prov. 16:10‑13• 10An oracle is on the lips of the king: his mouth will not err in judgment.
 11The just balance and scales are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are his work.
 12It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; for the throne is established by righteousness.
 13Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him that speaketh aright. (Prov. 16:10‑13)
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Prov. 29:12• 12If a ruler hearken to lying words, all his servants are wicked. (Prov. 29:12)
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2 Sam. 23:3• 3The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me, The ruler among men shall be just, Ruling in the fear of God; (2 Sam. 23:3)
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Job 34:12• 12Yea, surely, *God acteth not wickedly, and the Almighty perverteth not judgment. (Job 34:12)
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Psa. 101:3‑5• 3I will set no thing of Belial before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
 4A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will not know evil.
 5Whoso secretly slandereth his neighbour, him will I destroy; him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer. (Psa. 101:3‑5)
lying lips.
Heb. a lip of lying.
Prov. 12:19• 19The lip of truth shall be established for ever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment. (Prov. 12:19)
• Good words from the mouth of an evil man are distasteful and out of place, for the life fails to back them up. There is a sense of dissimulation about them that is very repugnant to an upright soul. (“Proverbs Seventeen” by H.A. Ironside)
• It was this sense of the fitness of things that made men ask in derision, “Is Saul also among the prophets?” when his lips uttered “excellent things” (1 Sam. 10:10-12). (“Proverbs Seventeen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Excellent speechk becometh not a vile manl; how much less do lying lips a noble!

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "lip."
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Or "a fool," Nabal. see ch 1.7. As Ps. 14.1, and ch. 30.22.