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Reformed 1771 · An Exposition of the Old and New Testament, Proverbs 8:7

John Gill, on Prov 8:7

John Gill · 1697–1771
Prov 8:7 · Douay-Rheims
“My mouth shall meditate truth, and my lips shall hate wickedness.”
On this verse:
“For my mouth shall speak truth,.... And nothing but the truth; and nothing more or less can be spoken by Wisdom, or Christ, who is truth itself; nothing else can come out of his mouth, or drop from his lips; all the doctrines of Christ are agreeable to the Scriptures of truth, and are what the Spirit of truth leads into; and the whole is called "the word of truth": there are many very particular and special truths, but the principal one is salvation by Jesus Christ; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips; the sin of lying more especially, as opposed to truth; this is detestable to wisdom, what Christ never suffered his lips to utter; for no lie is of the truth, but of Satan the father of lies; and, as it is abhorred by Christ, it ought to be by all good men.”

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