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Proverbs 8:7
7For my palate shall meditate truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
Proverbs 8:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
- New International Version (NIV)My mouth speaks what is true, for my lips detest wickedness.
- English Standard Version (ESV)for my mouth will utter truth; wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For my mouth will speak truth; Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
Context of Proverbs 8:7
5O ye simple, understand prudence; and ye foolish, understand sense. 6Hear, for I will speak excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things. For my palate shall meditate truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. 8All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing tortuous or perverse in them. 9They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
Read all of Proverbs 8Proverbs 8:7 word by word
כִּֽי־אֱ֭מֶת יֶהְגֶּ֣ה חִכִּ֑י וְתוֹעֲבַ֖ת שְׂפָתַ֣י רֶֽשַׁע׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 8:7
- Job 36:4For truly my words shall be no falsehood: one perfect in knowledge is with thee.
- John 1:17For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth subsists through Jesus Christ.
- John 8:14Jesus answered and said to them, Even if I bear witness concerning myself, my witness is true, because I know whence I came and whither I go: but ye know not whence I come and whither I go.
- John 14:6Jesus says to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father unless by me.
- John 17:17Sanctify them by the truth: thy word is truth.
- John 18:37Pilate therefore said to him, Thou art then a king? Jesus answered, Thou sayest [it], that I am a king. I have been born for this, and for this I have come into the world, that I might bear witness to the truth. Every one that is of the truth hears my voice.
- Revelation 3:14And to the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write: These things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God:
- Proverbs 12:22Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; but they that deal truly are his delight.
- Proverbs 16:12It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; for the throne is established by righteousness.
- Proverbs 29:27An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; and he that is of upright way is an abomination to the wicked [man].
Commentaries on Proverbs 8:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7My mouth shall speak truth - Truth, without falsity, or any mixture of error, shall be the whole matter of my discourse.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-9Wisdom is linked to truth, understanding, and knowledge, which are correct, wholesome, simple, and clear. Wisdom dislikes deception, which is sneaky and dishonest (compare Proverbs 1:2–7; 6:16–19).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. For ... truth--literally, "My palate shall meditate," or (as Orientals did) "mutter," my thoughts expressed only to myself are truth. wickedness--specially falsehood, as opposed to truth.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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