English Standard Version
Proverbs 8:7
7for my mouth will utter truth; 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For my mouth will speak truth; Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
- New Living Translation (NLT)for I speak the truth and detest every kind of deception.
Context of Proverbs 8:7
5O simple ones, learn prudence; O fools, learn sense. 6Hear, for I will speak noble things, and from my lips will come what is right, for my mouth will utter truth; wickedness is an abomination to my lips. 8All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them. 9They are all straight to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.
Read all of Proverbs 8Proverbs 8:7 word by word
כִּֽי־אֱ֭מֶת יֶהְגֶּ֣ה חִכִּ֑י וְתוֹעֲבַ֖ת שְׂפָתַ֣י רֶֽשַׁע׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 8:7
- Job 36:4For truly my words are not false; one who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
- John 1:17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
- John 8:14Jesus answered, "Even if I do bear witness about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going, but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.
- John 14:6Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
- John 17:17Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.
- John 18:37Then Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice."
- Revelation 3:14"And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: 'The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation.
- Proverbs 12:22Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight.
- Proverbs 16:12It is an abomination to kings to do evil, for the throne is established by righteousness.
- Proverbs 29:27An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, but one whose way is straight is an abomination to the wicked.
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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