Proverbs 8:6
“Heare, for I will speake of excellent things: and the opening of my lippes shalbe right things.”
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Proverbs 8:6 Context
4Unto you, O men, I call, and my voice is to the sonnes of man. 5O yee simple, vnderstand wisedome: and yee fooles, be yee of an vnderstanding heart. 6Heare, for I will speake of excellent things: and the opening of my lippes shalbe right things. 7For my mouth shall speake truth, and wickednesse is an abomination to my lippes. 8All the words of my mouth are in righteousnes, there is nothing froward or peruerse in them.
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Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips [shall be] right things.
- King James Version
"Listen, for I will speak noble things; And the opening of my lips {will reveal} right things.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Hear, for I will speak excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright.
- Basic English Bible
Hear, for I will speak excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
- Darby Bible
Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
- Webster's Bible
Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.
- World English Bible
Hearken, for noble things I speak, And the opening of my lips [is] uprightness.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Hear, for I will speak excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible