Proverbs 8:8
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
ASV Byzantine Text
In The King James Version
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
In Context
7For my mouth shall utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
9They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge.
Cross References
Psalms 12:6The words of Jehovah are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, Purified seven times.
Proverbs 8:13The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.
Isaiah 45:23By myself have I sworn, the word is gone forth from my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
John 7:46The officers answered, Never did man so speak, as this man speaketh.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 8:2-12
The Invitation of Wisdom. 1 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? 2 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. 3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors. 4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. 5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. 6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. 7 For my mouth shall… Read the whole commentary →