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


In Context

4 |To you men, I call! I send my voice to the sons of mankind.

5 You simple, understand prudence. You fools, be of an understanding heart.

6 Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.

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

8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.

9 They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who 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 Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:7For my mouth shall speak truth; and 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.