Proverbs 8:7

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • John 8:14 : 14 Jesus answered and said unto them, ‹Though I bear record of myself,› [yet] ‹my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.›
  • Job 36:4 : 4 For truly my words [shall] not [be] false: he that is perfect in knowledge [is] with thee.
  • Ps 37:30 : 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
  • Prov 12:22 : 22 ¶ Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight.
  • Prov 16:12 : 12 ¶ [It is] an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
  • Prov 29:27 : 27 ¶ An unjust man [is] an abomination to the just: and [he that is] upright in the way [is] abomination to the wicked.
  • John 1:17 : 17 For the law was given by Moses, [but] grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
  • John 8:45-46 : 45 ‹And because I tell› [you] ‹the truth, ye believe me not.› 46 ¶ ‹Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?›
  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus saith unto him, ‹I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.›
  • John 17:17 : 17 ¶ ‹Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.›
  • John 18:37 : 37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, ‹Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.›
  • Rev 3:14 : 14 ¶ ‹And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;›

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    2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

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