Sprueche 8:8

8 Alle Reden meines Mundes sind gerecht; es ist nichts Verkehrtes noch falsches darin.

Sprueche 8:8 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 8:8

All the words of my mouth [are] in righteousness
Or "with righteousness" ^F24; are connected with it, are agreeable to it; are righteous ones, consistent with righteousness, with the righteous nature, will, and law of God: or "are concerning righteousness" ^F25 the necessity of righteousness in order to eternal life; the insufficiency of man's own righteousness to entitle to it; the need, worth, and excellency of the righteousness of Christ for that purpose; and of the propriety and usefulness of a life of righteousness and holiness, which the grace of God instructs men in;

[there is] nothing froward or perverse in them;
that is contrary to right reason, or to the law of God, or to the Scriptures of truth, or to the analogy of faith; nor is there any contradiction in the doctrines of the Gospel one to another, but an entire harmony and uniformity in them; they are not "yea" and "nay".

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 (qdub) "cum justitia", Piscator, Gejerus, Michaelis; (meta dikaiosunhv) , Sept.
F25 "Gloriatio de justitia sua, vel invitatio ad accipiendam justitiam per fidem", Cocceius.

Sprueche 8:8 In-Context

6 Höret, denn ich will reden, was fürstlich ist, und lehren, was recht ist.

7 Denn mein Mund soll die Wahrheit reden, und meine Lippen sollen hassen, was gottlos ist.

8 Alle Reden meines Mundes sind gerecht; es ist nichts Verkehrtes noch falsches darin.

9 Sie sind alle gerade denen, die sie verstehen, und richtig denen, die es annehmen wollen.

10 Nehmet an meine Zucht lieber denn Silber, und die Lehre achtet höher denn köstliches Gold.