If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked. — If a ruler shows that he likes adulation and falsehood rather than unpleasant truths, his attendants will provide him with what he wishes. (Comp. Sir. 10:2.) So Jeremiah complains (Jeremiah 5:31) that prophets, priests, and people were all wilfully deceiving each other.
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Proverbs 29:12
12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.