King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 17:7
“Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 17
5
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and] he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
6
Children's children [are] the crown of old men; and the glory of children [are] their fathers.
7
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
8
A gift [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
9
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth [very] friends.