Proverbs 8:7 {8}
Good News Translation
What I say is the truth; lies are hateful to me.

New Revised Standard Version
for my mouth will utter truth; wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

Contemporary English Version
I always speak the truth and refuse to tell a lie.

New American Bible
Indeed, my mouth utters truth, and my lips abhor wickedness.

Douay-Rheims Bible
All my words are just, there is nothing wicked, nor perverse in them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

All my words are just, there is nothing wicked, nor perverse in them.

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Job 36:4 For indeed my words are without a lie, and perfect knowledge shall be proved to thee.

John 1:17 For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

John 8:14,45,46 Jesus answered and said to them: Although I give testimony of myself, my testimony is true: for I know whence I came and whither I go. . . .

John 14:6 Jesus saith to him: I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man cometh to the Father, but by me.

John 17:17 Sanctify them in truth. Thy word is truth.

John 18:37 Pilate therefore said to him: Art thou a king then? Jesus answered: Thou sayest that I am a king. For this was I born, and for this came I into the world; that I should give testimony to the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

Revelation 3:14 And to the angel of the church of Laodicea write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, who is the beginning of the creation of God:

Proverbs 12:22 Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord: but they that deal faithfully, please him.

Proverbs 16:12 They that act wickedly are abominable to the king: for the throne is established by justice.

Proverbs 29:27 The just abhor a wicked man: and the wicked loathe them that are in the right way. The son that keepeth the word, shall be free from destruction.

Context
The Excellence of Wisdom
6My mouth shall meditate truth, and my lips shall hate wickedness. 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.…
Cross References
John 8:14
Jesus answered and said to them: Although I give testimony of myself, my testimony is true: for I know whence I came and whither I go.

Romans 15:8
For I say that Christ Jesus was minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:

Psalm 37:30
The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom: and his tongue shall speak judgment.

Proverbs 8:6
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