Proverbs 8:6 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁶Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

Proverbs 8:6 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Colossians 1:26
Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
Proverbs 4:2
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
Proverbs 23:16
Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
Matthew 7:28-29
And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: …
Job 33:1-3
Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 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. The things revealed are easy to be known, for they belong to us and to our children (Deut. 29:29), and we need not soar up…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 6)

6. excellent things--or, “plain,” “manifest.” opening ... things--upright words.