Key Verse Spotlight
Proverbs 8:7 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness {is} an abomination to my lips. {an...: Heb. the abomination of my lips}”
Proverbs 8:7
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips {shall be} right things.
For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness {is} an abomination to my lips. {an...: Heb. the abomination of my lips}
All the words of my mouth {are} in righteousness; {there is} nothing froward or perverse in them. {froward: Heb. wreathed}
They {are} all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
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