Proverbs 23 · Verse 16

Proverbs 23:16

Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
Proverbs 23:16, King James Version

Proverbs 23:16 in other translations

BSBMy inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
WEBYes, my heart will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
ASVYea, my heart will rejoice, When thy lips speak right things.
YLTAnd my reins exult when thy lips speak uprightly.
DARBYand my reins shall exult, when thy lips speak right things.
BBEAnd my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.
WebsterYes, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

What does Proverbs 23:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 23:15-16

15-16. The pleasure afforded the teacher by the pupil's progress is a motive to diligence.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 23:12-16

Here is a parent instructing his child to give his mind to the Scriptures. Here is a parent correcting his child: accompanied with prayer, and blessed of God, it may prove a means of preventing his destruction. Here is a parent encouraging his child, telling him what would be for his good. And what a comfort it would be, if herein he answered his expectation!

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Proverbs 23:16 in the original Hebrew

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וְתַעְלֹ֥זְנָהve.ta'.Lo.ze.nahso they may rejoiceH5937
כִלְיוֹתָ֑יkhil.yo.Taikidneys myH3629
בְּדַבֵּ֥רbe.da.Berwhen speakH1696
שְׂ֝פָתֶ֗יךָSe.fa.Tei.khalips yourH8193
מֵישָׁרִֽים\׃mei.sha.Rimuprightness<es>H4339

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 23:16

  • Proverbs 8:6

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

  • Ephesians 5:4

    Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

  • James 3:2

    For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

  • 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.

  • Colossians 4:4

    That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

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8:6; Eph 4:29; 5:4; Col 4:4; Jas 3:2

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Context

  • Proverbs 23:15

    My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

  • Proverbs 23:16

    Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

  • Proverbs 23:17

    Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.

Read all of Proverbs 23

Proverbs 23:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mis entrañas también se alegrarán, cuando tus labios hablaren cosas rectas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et mes reins s’égaieront quand tes lèvres diront des choses droites.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und meine Nieren werden frohlocken, wenn deine Lippen Geradheit reden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et exsultabunt renes mei, cum locuta fuerint rectum labia tua.