6Hearken, for noble things I speak, And the opening of my lips is uprightness.


In Context

3 At the side of the gates, at the mouth of the city, The entrance of the openings, she crieth aloud,

4 Unto you, O men, I call, And my voice is unto the sons of men.

5 Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,

6 Hearken, for noble things I speak, And the opening of my lips is uprightness.

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

8 In righteousness are all the sayings of my mouth, Nothing in them is froward and perverse.

Proverbs 8:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:6Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips [shall be] right things.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:6Listen, for I have worthy things to say; I open my lips to speak what is right.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:6Hear, for I will speak of great things: and my lips shall be opened to preach right things.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:6Hear, for I will speak excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:6Hear, for I will speak excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:6Hear, for I will speak excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:6Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:6Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:6Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.