Proverbs 8:7

World English Bible (2000)

For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 8:14 : 14 Jesus answered them, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don't know where I came from, or where I am going.
  • Job 36:4 : 4 For truly my words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
  • Ps 37:30 : 30 The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.
  • Prov 12:22 : 22 Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight.
  • Prov 16:12 : 12 It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness.
  • Prov 29:27 : 27 A dishonest man detests the righteous, and the upright in their ways detest the wicked.
  • John 1:17 : 17 For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
  • John 8:45-46 : 45 But because I tell the truth, you don't believe me. 46 Which of you convicts me of sin? 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 in your truth. Your word is truth.
  • John 18:37 : 37 Pilate therefore said to him, "Are you a king then?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice."
  • Rev 3:14 : 14 "To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write: "The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Head of God's creation, says these things:

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    8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.

  • Prov 8:6
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    6 Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.

  • Job 27:4
    82%

    4 surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

  • Prov 10:31-32
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    31 The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

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

  • Job 33:2-3
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    79%

    2 See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.

    3 My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.

  • Prov 12:22
    78%

    22 Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight.

  • Prov 8:13
    77%

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

  • Ps 109:2
    76%

    2 for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

  • Job 6:30
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    30 Is there injustice on my tongue? Can't my taste discern mischievous things?

  • Prov 4:24
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    24 Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

  • Ps 37:30
    75%

    30 The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.

  • Ps 141:3
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    3 Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

  • Job 15:5-6
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    75%

    5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

    6 Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.

  • Prov 12:19
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    19 Truth's lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary.

  • Prov 23:16
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    16 yes, my heart will rejoice, when your lips speak what is right.

  • Prov 16:10
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    10 Inspired judgments are on the lips of the king. He shall not betray his mouth.

  • Prov 12:17
    74%

    17 He who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies.

  • Ps 31:18
    74%

    18 Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

  • Ps 119:13
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    13 With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.

  • Ps 34:13
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    13 Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.

  • Mal 2:6
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    6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.

  • Prov 10:11
    74%

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

  • Prov 16:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

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

    13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings. They value one who speaks the truth.

  • Prov 17:4
    73%

    4 An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

  • Prov 15:26
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    26 Yahweh detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.

  • Ps 39:1
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    1 I said, "I will watch my ways, so that I don't sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me."

  • Ps 36:3
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    3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

  • Prov 13:5
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    5 A righteous man hates lies, but a wicked man brings shame and disgrace.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19 "You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.

  • Ps 50:16
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    16 But to the wicked God says, "What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips,

  • Ps 144:8
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    8 whose mouths speak deceit, Whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

  • Job 13:7
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    7 Will you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?

  • Prov 12:6
    72%

    6 The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

  • Ps 119:172
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    172 Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness.

  • Prov 15:28
    72%

    28 The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.

  • Ps 101:7
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    7 He who practices deceit won't dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won't be established before my eyes.

  • Ps 119:43
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    43 Don't snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances.

  • Ps 17:4
    72%

    4 As for the works of men, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.

  • Ps 51:15
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    15 Lord, open my lips. My mouth shall declare your praise.

  • Prov 10:20
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    20 The tongue of the righteous is like 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%

    3 May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,

  • Isa 59:3
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    3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue mutters wickedness.

  • Prov 19:28
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    28 A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.