# Proverbs 8.8

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**Book:** [Proverbs](/codex/proverbs/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 6. Hear, for I will speak excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things. 7. For my mouth shall utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
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> **8. All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.**
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> 9. They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge. 10. Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold. (Proverbs 8:6-10, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 6. Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things. 7. For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
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> **8. All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.**
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> 9. They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge. 10. Receive my instruction rather than silver; knowledge rather than choice gold. (Proverbs 8:6-10, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 6. Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. 7. For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. <sup>an: Heb. the abomination of my lips</sup>
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> **8. All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them. <sup>froward: Heb. wreathed</sup>**
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> 9. They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge. 10. Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. (Proverbs 8:6-10, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 6. Hearken, for noble things I speak, And the opening of my lips [is] uprightness. 7. For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips [is] wickedness.
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> **8. In righteousness [are] all the sayings of my mouth, Nothing in them is froward and perverse.**
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> 9. All of them [are] plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge. 10. Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold. (Proverbs 8:6-10, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Lexicon:**

- [H6664 - tzedeq](/codex/h6664-tzedeq/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.