King James Version
Proverbs 8:6 in the King James Version says “Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.”
Proverbs 8:6 · KJV
Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. an: Heb. the abomination of my lips
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them. froward: Heb. wreathed
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“of excellent things”
H5057a commander (as occupying the front), civil, military or religious; generally (abstractly, plural), honorable themes
“for I will speak”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
“of my lips”
H8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
“shall be right things”
H4339evenness, i.e., (figuratively) prosperity or concord; also straightness, i.e., (figuratively) rectitude (only in plural with singular sense; often adv
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