◄ Proverbs 8:8 {9} ►
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Good News Translation
Everything I say is true; nothing is false or misleading.

New Revised Standard Version
All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them.

Contemporary English Version
Every word I speak is honest, not one is misleading or deceptive.

New American Bible
All the words of my mouth are sincere, none of them wily or crooked;

Douay-Rheims Bible
They are right to them that understand, and just to them that find knowledge.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

They are right to them that understand, and just to them that find knowledge.

all

Psalm 12:6 The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried by the fire, purged from the earth, refined seven times.

Isaiah 45:23 I have sworn by myself, the word of justice shall go out of my mouth, and shall not return:

Isaiah 63:1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bosra, this beautiful one in his robe, walking in the greatness of his strength. I, that speak justice, and am a defender to save.

there

Proverbs 8:13 Counsel and equity is mine, prudence is mine, strength is mine.

John 7:46 The ministers answered: Never did man speak like this man.

froward or wreathed

Context
The Excellence of Wisdom
…7All my words are just, there is nothing wicked, nor perverse in them. 8They are right to them that understand, and just to them that find knowledge.9Receive my instruction, and not money: choose knowledge rather than gold.…
Cross References
Philippians 2:15
That you may be blameless and sincere children of God, without reproof, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation: among whom you shine as lights in the world.

Deuteronomy 32:5
They have sinned against him, and are none of his children in their filth: they are a wicked and perverse generation.

Proverbs 2:15
That thou mayst be delivered from the strange woman, and from the stranger, who softeneth her words;

Proverbs 8:7
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