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Proverbs 8:7 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 8 · verse 7
For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.Proverbs 8:7 · King James Version
Proverbs 8:7 in context
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.
9They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- abominationtôwʻêbahproperly, something disgustingH8441 →
- wickednessreshaʻa wrongH7562 →
- mouthchêkproperly, the palate or inside of the mouthH2441 →
- speakhâgâhto murmurH1897 →
- truthʼemethstabilityH571 →
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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