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Proverbs 8

Prov. 8:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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All the words
'emer (Hebrew #561)
something said
KJV usage: answer, X appointed unto him, saying, speech, word.
Pronounce: ay'-mer
Origin: from 559
of my mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
are in righteousness
tsedeq (Hebrew #6664)
the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
KJV usage: X even, (X that which is altogether) just(-ice), ((un-))right(-eous) (cause, -ly, - ness).
Pronounce: tseh'-dek
Origin: from 6663
; there is nothing φfroward
pathal (Hebrew #6617)
to twine, i.e. (literally) to struggle or (figuratively) be (morally) tortuous
KJV usage: (shew self) froward, shew self unsavoury, wrestle.
Pronounce: paw-thal'
Origin: a primitive root
g or perverse
`iqqesh (Hebrew #6141)
distorted; hence, false
KJV usage: crooked, froward, perverse.
Pronounce: ik-kashe'
Origin: from 6140
in them.
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Psa. 12:6• 6The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. (Psa. 12:6)
φ
wreathed.

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Ministry on This Verse

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All.
Psa. 12:6• 6The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. (Psa. 12:6)
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Isa. 45:23• 23I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. (Isa. 45:23)
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Isa. 63:1• 1Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. (Isa. 63:1)
there.
Prov. 8:13• 13The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. (Prov. 8:13)
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John 7:46• 46The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. (John 7:46)
froward.
Heb. wreathed.
• This is faith’s answer to the caviler who prates of contradictions and errors in the inspired word of God. Modesty alone might suggest the thought that the fault might be in the reader—not in the Word. (“Proverbs Eight” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing tortuousb or perverse in them.

JND Translation Notes

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b
Or "wily," as Job 5.13; lit. "twisted."