Proverbs 8:7

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips `is' wickedness.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 8:14 : 14 Jesus answered and said to them, `And if I testify of myself -- my testimony is true, because I have known whence I came, and whither I go, and ye -- ye have not known whence I come, or whither I go.
  • Job 36:4 : 4 For, truly, my words `are' not false, The perfect in knowledge `is' with thee.
  • Ps 37:30 : 30 The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And his tongue speaketh judgment.
  • Prov 12:22 : 22 An abomination to Jehovah `are' lying lips, And stedfast doers `are' his delight.
  • Prov 16:12 : 12 An abomination to kings `is' doing wickedness, For by righteousness is a throne established.
  • Prov 29:27 : 27 An abomination to the righteous `is' the perverse man, And an abomination to the wicked `is' the upright in the way!
  • John 1:17 : 17 for the law through Moses was given, the grace and the truth through Jesus Christ did come;
  • John 8:45-46 : 45 `And because I say the truth, ye do not believe me. 46 Who of you doth convict me of sin? and if I speak truth, wherefore do ye not believe me?
  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;
  • John 17:17 : 17 sanctify them in Thy truth, Thy word is truth;
  • John 18:37 : 37 Pilate, therefore, said to him, `Art thou then a king?' Jesus answered, `Thou dost say `it'; because a king I am, I for this have been born, and for this I have come to the world, that I may testify to the truth; every one who is of the truth, doth hear my voice.'
  • Rev 3:14 : 14 `And to the messenger of the assembly of the Laodiceans write: These things saith the Amen, the witness -- the faithful and true -- the chief of the creation of God;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 8:8
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    8In righteousness `are' all the sayings of my mouth, Nothing in them is froward and perverse.

  • Prov 8:6
    84%

    6Hearken, for noble things I speak, And the opening of my lips `is' uprightness.

  • Job 27:4
    82%

    4My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.

  • Prov 10:31-32
    2 verses
    80%

    31The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And the tongue of frowardness is cut out.

    32The lips of the righteous know a pleasing thing, And the mouth of the wicked perverseness!

  • Job 33:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2Lo, I pray thee, I have opened my mouth, My tongue hath spoken in the palate.

    3Of the uprightness of my heart `are' my sayings, And knowledge have my lips clearly spoken.

  • Prov 12:22
    78%

    22An abomination to Jehovah `are' lying lips, And stedfast doers `are' his delight.

  • Prov 8:13
    77%

    13The fear of Jehovah `is' to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.

  • Ps 109:2
    76%

    2For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me -- A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!

  • Ps 10:7
    75%

    7Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue `is' perverseness and iniquity,

  • Job 6:30
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    30Is there in my tongue perverseness? Discerneth not my palate desirable things?

  • Prov 4:24
    75%

    24Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,

  • Ps 37:30
    75%

    30The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And his tongue speaketh judgment.

  • Ps 141:3
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    3Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.

  • Job 15:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.

    6Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee.

  • Prov 12:19
    75%

    19The lip of truth is established for ever, And for a moment -- a tongue of falsehood.

  • Prov 23:16
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    16And my reins exult when thy lips speak uprightly.

  • Prov 16:10
    75%

    10An oath `is' on the lips of a king, In judgment his mouth trespasseth not.

  • Prov 12:17
    74%

    17Whoso uttereth faithfulness declareth righteousness, And a false witness -- deceit.

  • Ps 31:18
    74%

    18Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

  • Ps 119:13
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    13With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Thy mouth.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart `is' mischiefs, An open grave `is' their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.

  • Ps 34:13
    74%

    13Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.

  • Mal 2:6
    74%

    6The law of truth hath been in his mouth, And perverseness hath not been found in his lips, In peace and in uprightness he walked with Me, And many he brought back from iniquity.

  • Prov 10:11
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    11A fountain of life `is' the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.

  • Prov 16:12-13
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    74%

    12An abomination to kings `is' doing wickedness, For by righteousness is a throne established.

    13The delight of kings `are' righteous lips, And whoso is speaking uprightly he loveth,

  • Prov 17:4
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    4An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.

  • Prov 15:26
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    26An abomination to Jehovah `are' thoughts of wickedness, And pure `are' sayings of pleasantness.

  • Ps 39:1
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    1To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of David. I have said, `I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked `is' before me.'

  • Ps 36:3
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    3The words of his mouth `are' iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.

  • Prov 13:5
    73%

    5A false word the righteous hateth, And the wicked causeth abhorrence, and is confounded.

  • Ps 50:19
    73%

    19Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,

  • Ps 50:16
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    16And to the wicked hath God said: What to thee -- to recount My statutes? That thou liftest up My covenant on thy mouth?

  • Ps 144:8
    73%

    8Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand `is' a right hand of falsehood.

  • Job 13:7
    73%

    7For God do ye speak perverseness? And for Him do ye speak deceit?

  • Prov 12:6
    72%

    6The words of the wicked `are': `Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.

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    72%

    172My tongue doth sing of Thy saying, For all Thy commands `are' righteous.

  • Prov 15:28
    72%

    28The heart of the righteous meditateth to answer, And the mouth of the wicked uttereth evil things.

  • Ps 101:7
    72%

    7He dwelleth not in my house who is working deceit, Whoso is speaking lies Is not established before mine eyes.

  • Ps 119:43
    72%

    43And Thou takest not utterly away From my mouth the word of truth, Because for Thy judgment I have hoped.

  • Ps 17:4
    72%

    4As to doings of man, Through a word of Thy lips I have observed The paths of a destroyer;

  • Ps 51:15
    72%

    15O Lord, my lips thou dost open, And my mouth declareth Thy praise.

  • Prov 10:20
    72%

    20The tongue of the righteous `is' chosen silver, The heart of the wicked -- as a little thing.

  • Rom 3:14
    72%

    14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

  • Ps 12:3
    71%

    3Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things,

  • Isa 59:3
    71%

    3For your hands have been polluted with blood, And your fingers with iniquity, Your lips have spoken falsehood, Your tongue perverseness doth mutter.

  • Prov 19:28
    71%

    28A worthless witness scorneth judgment, And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.