Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
In its setting the verse belongs to the eighth chapter of Proverbs, where heavenly wisdom speaks to the human family with wonderful instruction setting forth true wisdom. The one calling all to hear is the Lord Jesus as the appointed instructor, speaking what is excellent and what is right. His teaching gives a decisive testimony to the binding claims of God's law. By this call the Lord is earnestly seeking to instruct every soul who will be taught, to set in order many things that need to be set in order, and to guide with wisdom. To understand this true wisdom requires true faith, a faith that takes in the whole person and lifts the soul out of an imperfect, undeveloped state.
In its setting the verse belongs to the eighth chapter of Proverbs, where heavenly wisdom speaks to the human family with wonderful instruction setting forth true wisdom. The one calling all to hear is the Lord Jesus as the appointed instructor, speaking what is excellent and what is right. His teaching gives a decisive testimony to the binding claims of God's law. By this call the Lord is earnestly seeking to instruct every soul who will be taught, to set in order many things that need to be set in order, and to guide with wisdom. To understand this true wisdom requires true faith, a faith that takes in the whole person and lifts the soul out of an imperfect, undeveloped state.