Proverbs 8:7

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

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For my mouth^H2441 shall speak^H1897 truth^H571; and wickedness^H7562 is an abomination^H8441 to my lips^H8193.

Original Hebrew

כִּי־אֱמֶת יֶהְגֶּה חִכִּי וְתֹועֲבַת שְׂפָתַי רֶשַׁע׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	for
אֱ֭מֶת	'E.met	H571	HNcfsa	truth
יֶהְגֶּ֣ה	yeh.Geh	H1897	HVqi3ms	it will utter
חִכִּ֑/י	chi.K/i	H2441	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	palate/ my
וְ/תוֹעֲבַ֖ת	ve./to.'a.Vat	H8441	HC/Ncfsc	and/ (is) an abomination of
שְׂפָתַ֣/י	se.fa.Ta/i	H8193	HNcfdc/Sp1cs	lips/ my
רֶֽשַׁע	Re.sha'	H7562	HNcmsa	wickedness

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H571 — אֶמֶת (ʼemeth, eh'-meth): contracted from אָמַן; stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness; assured(-ly), establishment, faithful, right, sure, true (-ly, -th), verity.
H1897 — הָגָה (hâgâh, daw-gaw'): a primitive root (compare הָגִיג); to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponder; imagine, meditate, mourn, mutter, roar, [idiom] sore, speak, study, talk, utter.
H2441 — חֵךְ (chêk, khake): probably from חָנַךְ in the sense of tasting; properly, the palate or inside of the mouth; hence, the mouth itself (as the organ of speech, taste and kissing); (roof of the) mouth, taste.
H7562 — רֶשַׁע (reshaʻ, reh'-shah): from רָשַׁע; a wrong (especially moral); iniquity, wicked(-ness).
H8193 — שָׂפָה (sâphâh, saw-faw'): or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת; probably from סָפָה or שָׁפָה through the idea of termination (compare סוֹף); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.); band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
H8441 — תּוֹעֵבַה (tôwʻêbah, to-ay-baw'): or תֹּעֵבַה; feminine active participle of תַּעָב; properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol; abominable (custom, thing), abomination.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

an abomination to — Proverbs 12:22, Proverbs 16:12, Proverbs 29:27
my mouth — Job 36:4, John 1:17, John 8:14, John 8:45-46, John 14:6, John 17:17, John 18:37, Revelation 3:14

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