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Proverbs 8:6 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 8 · verse 6
Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.Proverbs 8:6 · King James Version
Proverbs 8:6 in context
4Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
5O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
6Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
7For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
8All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- openingmiphtâchan apertureH4669 →
- speakdâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- Hearshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- lipssâphâhthe lipH8193 →
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The will of God revealed to us for our salvation is here largely represented to us as easy to be known and understood, that none may have an excuse for their ignorance or error, and as worthy to be embraced, that none may have an excuse for their carelessness and unbelief. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11