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Proverbs 8:6
6Listen! I have important things to tell you. Everything that I will speak is right.
Proverbs 8:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
- New International Version (NIV)Listen, for I have trustworthy things to say; I open my lips to speak what is right.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Hear, for I will speak noble things, and from my lips will come what is right,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Listen, for I will speak of excellent things, And from the opening of my lips will come right things;
Context of Proverbs 8:6
4‘I call out to all of you, wherever you live on earth. 5You who are silly, learn to be wise! You who are fools, learn to understand what is right. Listen! I have important things to tell you. Everything that I will speak is right. 7I say only things that are true. I hate all wicked lies. 8Everything that I say is right and true. I say nothing that will deceive you.
Read all of Proverbs 8Proverbs 8:6 word by word
שִׁ֭מְעוּ כִּֽי־נְגִידִ֣ים אֲדַבֵּ֑ר וּמִפְתַּ֥ח שְׂ֝פָתַ֗י מֵישָׁרִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 8:6
- Proverbs 2:6It is the Lord who gives wisdom to people. He teaches us to understand things, so that we know what is true.
- Proverbs 4:2My teaching will help you, so do not refuse it.
- Proverbs 22:20I have written down 30 wise thoughts for you. They will teach you what is right, so that you know how to live well.
- Psalms 19:7The law of the Lord is perfect. It makes us strong again. We can trust what the Lord teaches us. He helps ordinary people to be wise.
- Psalms 49:3I will speak wise words to you. When you know my thoughts, you will understand things better.
- 1 Corinthians 2:6But we do speak about wise thoughts to those of you who know Christ very well. But those wise thoughts do not belong to this world. They are not the ideas that the rulers of this world think are important. Those rulers will not be powerful for long.
- Colossians 1:26That message is a secret that God hid from everyone before now. He hid it from all the people who lived in past times. But now he has shown this secret to his people.
- Job 33:1‘But now, Job, listen to the things that I will tell you. Listen carefully to everything that I will say.
- Matthew 5:2He began to teach them. This is what he said:
- Matthew 7:28Jesus finished speaking. The crowds of people were very surprised at the things that he taught them.
- Matthew 13:35So what God's prophet had said long ago now became true: ‘I will use stories when I speak to them. And I will teach them secret things. People have never learned these things before, since the world began.’
Commentaries on Proverbs 8:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Hear; for I will speak of excellent things - נגידים negidim, things which are preeminent, and manifestly superior to all others. The teaching is not trifling, though addressed to triflers. The opening of my lips shall be right things - מישרים meysharim, things which are calculated to correct your false notions, and set straight your crooked ways. Hence she declares,Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Excellent - literally, “princely things.” The word is not the same as in marginal reference, and is elsewhere always used of persons (compare “captain” in 1 Samuel 9:16; 2 Samuel 5:2). The poetic style of this part of the book applies it here to the things taught, or to the character of the teaching.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. 66. excellent things--or, "plain," "manifest." opening ... things--upright words.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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