Proverbs 8:7 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ For my mouth shall utter truth, and wrongdoing is detestable and loathsome to my lips.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁷ My mouth utters the truth; my lips despise wickedness.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ My throat shall practice truth, and my lips shall detest the impious.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ My mouth shall meditate truth, and my lips shall hate wickedness.

Proverbs 8:7 Cross References

Job 36:4

For truly my words are not false; one who is perfect in knowledge is with you.

Psalm 37:30

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

Proverbs 12:22

Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight.

Proverbs 16:12

It is an abomination to kings to do evil, for the throne is established by righteousness.

Proverbs 29:27

An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, but he whose way is straight is an abomination to the wicked.

John 1:17

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me.

John 17:17

Sanctify them in the truth; thy word is truth.

John 18:37

Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Every one who is of the truth hears my voice.”

John 8:14

Jesus answered, “Even if I do bear witness to myself, my testimony is true, for I know whence I have come and whither I am going, but you do not know whence I come or whither I am going.

Romans 15:8

For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God's truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs,

Revelation 3:14

“And to the angel of the church in La-odicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation.