Proverbs 8:7

7 My mouth speaks what is true, for my lips detest wickedness.

Proverbs 8:7 in Other Translations

7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

7 for my mouth will utter truth; wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

7 for I speak the truth and detest every kind of deception.

7 My mouth chews and savors and relishes truth - I can't stand the taste of evil!

7 For my mouth shall utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

7 My mouth expresses the truth, and wickedness is disgusting to my lips.

7 For my mouth tells the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.

7 My mouth speaks what is true. My lips hate evil.

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.

Proverbs 8:7 In-Context

5 You who are simple, gain prudence; you who are foolish, set your hearts on it.

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

7 My mouth speaks what is true, for my lips detest wickedness.

8 All the words of my mouth are just; none of them is crooked or perverse.

9 To the discerning all of them are right; they are upright to those who have found knowledge.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 37:30; John 8:14