Proverbs 15:23
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
Proverbs 15:23 in other translations
| BSB | A man takes joy in a fitting reply— and how good is a timely word! |
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| WEB | Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time! |
| ASV | A man hath joy in the answer of his mouth; And a word in due season, how good is it! |
| YLT | Joy is to a man in the answer of his mouth, And a word in its season--how good! |
| DARBY | A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth; and a word in its season, how good is it! |
| BBE | A man has joy in the answer of his mouth: and a word at the right time, how good it is! |
| Webster | A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good it is! |
What does Proverbs 15:23 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Proverbs 15:23 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 15:23
- Isaiah 50:4
The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
- Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
- Proverbs 25:11-12
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
- Proverbs 12:14
A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.
- Proverbs 16:13
Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
- Proverbs 24:26
Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.
- 1 Samuel 25:32-33
And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me: And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
- Ecclesiastes 3:1
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Proverbs 15:22
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
- Proverbs 15:23
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
- Proverbs 15:24
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
Proverbs 15:23 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Alégrase el hombre con la respuesta de su boca: y la palabra á su tiempo, ¡cuán buena es! |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il y a de la joie pour un homme dans la réponse de sa bouche; et une parole dite en son temps, combien elle est bonne! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ein Mann hat Freude an der Antwort seines Mundes; und ein Wort zu seiner Zeit, wie gut! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Lætatur homo in sententia oris sui, et sermo opportunus est optimus. |