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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:{HR}So [is] a proverb in the mouth of fools. (Prov. 26:7)
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Psa. 50:16‑17• 16And to the wicked God saith,{HR}What [is it] to thee , to declare my statutes,{HR}And take my covenant into thy mouth?
 17And thou hast hated correction,{HR}And hast cast my words behind thee. (Psa. 50:16‑17)
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Matt. 7:5• 5Hypocrite, pull out first the beam out of thine eye, and then wilt thou see clearly to pull 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;{HR}His mouth will not err in judgment.
 11The just balance and scales [are] of Jehovah;{HR}All the weights of the bag [are] his work.
 12[It is] an abomination to kings to commit wickedness;{HR}For the throne is established by righteousness.
 13Righteous lips [are] the delight of kings;{HR}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,{HR}All his servants are wicked. (Prov. 29:12)
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2 Sam. 23:3• 3The God of Israel said,{HR}The Rock of Israel spake to me,{HR}He that ruleth over men must be just,{HR}Ruling in the fear of God. (2 Sam. 23:3)
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Job 34:12• 12Yea, verily, God [El] doth not act wickedly,{HR}And Shaddai doth not pervert the right. (Job 34:12)
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Psa. 101:3‑5• 3I will set nothing of Belial before mine eyes;{HR}I hate the doing of those that turn aside ;{HR}It shall not cleave to me.
 4A perverse heart shall depart from me:{HR}Evil I will not know.
 5Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour,{HR}Him I will cut off;{HR}The lofty of eyes and proud of heart,{HR}Him 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 forever;{HR}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.

W. Kelly Translation

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Excellent speech becometh not a fool:{HR}Much less do lying lips a prince!