7For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.


In Context

4 To you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.

5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.

9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.

Proverbs 8:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:7For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness [is] an abomination to my lips.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:7My mouth speaks what is true, for my lips detest wickedness.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:7My mouth shall meditate truth, and my lips shall hate wickedness.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:7For my mouth shall utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:7For my palate shall meditate truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:7For my mouth shall utter truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:7For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:7For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips is wickedness.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:7For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.