Proverbs 8:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

For my mouth will speak truth; wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

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  • John 8:14 : 14 Jesus answered and said to them, Though I bear witness of myself, my witness is true: for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you cannot tell where I come from, and where I am going.
  • Job 36:4 : 4 For truly my words shall not be false: he who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
  • Ps 37:30 : 30 The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of justice.
  • Prov 12:22 : 22 Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who deal truthfully are His delight.
  • Prov 16:12 : 12 It is an abomination for 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 who is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.
  • John 1:17 : 17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
  • John 8:45-46 : 45 And because I tell you the truth, you do not believe me. 46 Which of you convicts me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?
  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no one comes to the Father except through me.
  • John 17:17 : 17 Sanctify them through your truth: your word is truth.
  • John 18:37 : 37 Pilate therefore said to him, Are you a king then? Jesus answered, You say correctly that I am a king. For this purpose I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice.
  • Rev 3:14 : 14 And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write: These things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 8:8
    85%

    8All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing twisted or perverse in them.

  • Prov 8:6
    84%

    6Hear, for I will speak of excellent things; and from the opening of my lips will come right things.

  • Job 27:4
    82%

    4My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

  • Prov 10:31-32
    2 verses
    80%

    31The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.

    32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked speaks perversity.

  • Job 33:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2Behold, now I have opened my mouth; my tongue has spoken in my mouth.

    3My words shall be from the uprightness of my heart, and my lips shall clearly speak knowledge.

  • Prov 12:22
    78%

    22Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who deal truthfully are His delight.

  • Prov 8:13
    77%

    13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.

  • Ps 109:2
    76%

    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.

  • Ps 10:7
    75%

    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud; under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

  • Job 6:30
    75%

    30Is there iniquity in my tongue? Cannot my palate discern perverse things?

  • Prov 4:24
    75%

    24Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and put perverse lips far from you.

  • Ps 37:30
    75%

    30The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of justice.

  • Ps 141:3
    75%

    3Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.

  • Job 15:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5For your mouth declares your iniquity, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.

    6Your own mouth condemns you, not I; yes, your own lips testify against you.

  • Prov 12:19
    75%

    19The lip of truth will be established forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

  • Prov 23:16
    75%

    16Yes, my inmost being shall rejoice, when your lips speak right things.

  • Prov 16:10
    75%

    10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; his mouth does not transgress in judgment.

  • Prov 12:17
    74%

    17He who speaks truth declares righteousness, but a false witness deceit.

  • Ps 31:18
    74%

    18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

  • Ps 119:13
    74%

    13With my lips I have declared all the judgments of Your mouth.

  • Ps 5:9
    74%

    9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is pure wickedness; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.

  • Ps 34:13
    74%

    13Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.

  • Mal 2:6
    74%

    6The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found on his lips; he walked with me in peace and equity and turned many away from iniquity.

  • Prov 10:11
    74%

    11The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

  • Prov 16:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12It is an abomination for kings to commit wickedness, for the throne is established by righteousness.

    13Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him who speaks what is right.

  • Prov 17:4
    73%

    4A wicked doer listens to false lips, and a liar gives ear to a deceitful tongue.

  • Prov 15:26
    73%

    26The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD, but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

  • Ps 39:1
    73%

    1I said, I will be careful of my ways, so that I do not sin with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked are before me.

  • Ps 36:3
    73%

    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has ceased to be wise, and to do good.

  • Prov 13:5
    73%

    5A righteous man hates lying, but a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame.

  • Ps 50:19
    73%

    19You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

  • Ps 50:16
    73%

    16But to the wicked God says, What right do you have to declare My statutes, or to take My covenant in your mouth?

  • Ps 144:8
    73%

    8Whose mouth speaks vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

  • Job 13:7
    73%

    7Will you speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

  • Prov 12:6
    72%

    6The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright will deliver them.

  • Ps 119:172
    72%

    172My tongue shall speak of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteousness.

  • Prov 15:28
    72%

    28The heart of the righteous studies how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

  • Ps 101:7
    72%

    7He who works deceit shall not dwell within my house: he who tells lies shall not remain in my presence.

  • Ps 119:43
    72%

    43And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for I have hoped in Your judgments.

  • Ps 17:4
    72%

    4Concerning the works of men, by the word of your lips I have kept myself from the paths of the destroyer.

  • Ps 51:15
    72%

    15O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare your praise.

  • Prov 10:20
    72%

    20The tongue of the just is as choice silver, the heart of the wicked is of little worth.

  • Rom 3:14
    72%

    14'Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.'

  • Ps 12:3
    71%

    3The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things:

  • Isa 59:3
    71%

    3For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue has muttered perverseness.

  • Prov 19:28
    71%

    28An ungodly witness scorns judgment, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.