Proverbs 17:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

The margin renderings are more literal and give greater emphasis. What is pointed out is not the unfitness of lying lips for the princely-hearted, but the necessity of harmony, in each case, between character and speech.

Proverbs 17:7

7 Excellentc speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.