Proverbs 8:6 - The Scriptures 1998

⁶ “Listen, for I speak noble words, And the opening of my lips is about straightness;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Hear, for I will speak excellent and princely things; and the opening of my lips shall be for right things.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Hear, for I will speak excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things.

Common English Bible

⁶ Listen, for I speak things that are correct; from my lips comes what is right.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Listen, for I will speak about great things, and my lips will be opened, so as to foretell what is right.

Proverbs 8:6 Cross References

Psalm 49:3

My mouth speaks wisdom, And the meditation of my heart brings understanding.

Proverbs 23:16

And my kidneys exult When your lips speak what is straight.

Proverbs 4:2

For I gave you good instruction: Do not forsake my Torah.

Matthew 13:35

so that what was spoken by the prophet might be filled, saying, “I shall open My mouth in parables, I shall pour forth what has been hidden from the foundation of the world.”

Colossians 1:26

the secret which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His set-apart ones,