Proverbs 8:8 (BSB)
All the words of my mouth are righteous; none are crooked or perverse.
From Proverbs 8. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Proverbs 8:8
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 8:1-11: The will of God revealed to us for our salvation is here largely represented to us as easy to be known and understood, that none may have an excuse for their ignorance or error, and as worthy to be embraced, that none may have an excuse for their carelessness and unbelief. I.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 8:8: All the words of my mouth are in righteousness,.... Or "with righteousness" (x); are connected with it, are agreeable to it; are righteous ones, consistent with righteousness, with the righteous nature, will, and law of God: or "are concerning righteousness" (y) the necessity of righteousness in order to eternal life; the insufficiency of man's own righteousness to entitle to it; the need, worth, and excellency...
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 8:8: in righteousness--or, "righteous" (Psa 9:8; Psa 11:7). froward--literally, "twisted," or contradictory, that is, to truth.
- Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 8:4-9: Pro 8:4-9 Now begins the discourse. The exordium summons general attention to it with the emphasis of its absolute truth: 4 “To you, ye men, is my discourse addressed, And my call is to the children of men! 5 Apprehend, O ye simple ones, what wisdom is; And, ye fools what understanding is. 6 Hear, for I will speak princely things, And the opening of my lips is upright.