King James Version
Proverbs 8:7 in the King James Version says “For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. an: Heb. the abomination of my lips” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. an: Heb. the abomination of my lips”
Proverbs 8:7 · KJV
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
They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“For my mouth”
H2441properly, the palate or inside of the mouth; hence, the mouth itself (as the organ of speech, taste and kissing)
“is an abomination”
H8441properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e., (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
“to my lips”
H8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
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