7For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
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…
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