If a ruler hearken to lies,....
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Proverbs 29:12
Proverbs 29:12
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lies; for thereby they not only give a wrong judgment themselves of
persons and things, according to the lies they give credit to, but they…Proverbs 29:12Proverbs 29:12 · The Pulpit CommentaryAll his servants are wicked. The ruler is willing to be deceived, and does not care to hear the truth, so his servants flatter and lie to him, and the whole atmosphere is charged with unreality and deceit. Qualis rex,…