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Proverbs 8:7

Listen to Proverbs 8:7
7 For my throat shall meditate truth; and false lips are an abomination before me.

Proverbs 8:7 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 8:7

For my mouth shall speak truth
And nothing but the truth; and nothing more or less can be spoken by Wisdom, or Christ, who is truth itself; nothing else can come out of his mouth, or drop from his lips; all the doctrines of Christ are agreeable to the Scriptures of truth, and are what the Spirit of truth leads into; and the whole is called "the word of truth": there are many very particular and special truths, but the principal one is salvation by Jesus Christ;

and wickedness [is] an abomination to my lips;
the sin of lying more especially, as opposed to truth; this is detestable to wisdom, what Christ never suffered his lips to utter; for no lie is of the truth, but of Satan the father of lies; and, as it is abhorred by Christ, it ought to be by all good men.

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Proverbs 8:7 In-Context

5 O ye simple, understand subtlety, and ye that are untaught, imbibe knowledge.
6 Hearken to me; for I will speak solemn ; and will produce right from my lips.
7 For my throat shall meditate truth; and false lips are an abomination before me.
8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing in them wrong or perverse.
9 They are all evident to those that understand, and right to those that find knowledge.

The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.

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