12 If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.
Proverbs 29:12
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Proverbs 17:3–5
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Proverbs 19:8–10
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Proverbs 28:15–17
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Proverbs 19:4–6
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Proverbs 19:27–29
27 If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge. 28 A corrupt witness mocks justice, and a wicked mouth swallows iniquity. 29 Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
Proverbs 17:19–21
19 He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction. 20 The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble. 21 A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.
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