Proverbs 29:12 · KJV
“If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants {are} wicked.”
— Proverbs 29:12
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise {man} keepeth it in till afterwards.
The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes. {the deceitful...: or, the usurer}
Proverbs 29 — Context
The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul. {The bloodthirsty: Heb. Men of blood}
11A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise {man} keepeth it in till afterwards.
12If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants {are} wicked.
13The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes. {the deceitful...: or, the usurer}
14The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
Cross References
Proverbs 20:8
A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
1 Samuel 22:8-23
That all of you have conspired against me, and {there is} none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and {there is} none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? {sheweth...: Heb. uncovereth mine ear}
2 Kings 10:6-7
Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye {be} mine, and {if} ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, {being} seventy persons, {were} with the great men of the city, which brought them up. {mine: Heb. for me}
Psalms 101:5-7
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
Psalms 52:2-4
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
1 Samuel 23:19-23
Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which {is} on the south of Jeshimon? {on...: Heb. on the right hand} {Jeshimon: or, the wilderness}
2 Samuel 3:7-11
And Saul had a concubine, whose name {was} Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and {Ishbosheth} said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?
2 Samuel 4:5-12
And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.