Proverbs 16:13
Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Righteous lips are the delight of kings,.... Such that speak truth and righteousness, and advise to the administration of justice and judgment, and to do that which is most for their own true honour…
Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Matthew Henry
Here is a further character of good kings, that they love and delight in those that speak right. 1. They hate parasites and those that flatter them, and are very willing that all about them should…