Proverbs 15:23 - The Scriptures 2009

A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, And how good is a word spoken in its season!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: And a word spoken in due season, how good is it!

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

A man has joy in making an apt answer, and a word spoken at the right moment–how good it is!

American Standard Version (1901)

A man hath joy in the answer of his mouth; And a word in due season, how good is it!

Common English Bible

To give an appropriate answer is a joy; how good is a word at the right time!

Catholic Public Domain Version

A man rejoices in the verdict of his own mouth. And a word at the right time is best.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

A man rejoiceth in the sentence of his mouth: and a word in due time is best.

Proverbs 15:23 Cross References

Job 6:25

Words of uprightness are harsh! But what does your reproving reprove?

Proverbs 12:14

From the fruit of his mouth one is filled with good, And the work of a man’s hands is given back to him.

Proverbs 12:25

Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, But a good word makes him glad.

Proverbs 15:22

Without counsel, plans go wrong, But by great counsellors they are established.

Proverbs 16:13

Righteous lips are the delight of sovereigns, And they love him who speaks what is straight.

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweet to the being, and healing to the bones.

Proverbs 24:26

He who gives a right answer kisses the lips.

Ecclesiastes 3:1

For every matter there is an appointed time, even a time for every pursuit under the heavens:

Isaiah 50:4

The Master יהוה has given Me the tongue of taught ones, that I should know to help the weary with a word. He wakes Me morning by morning, he wakes My ear to hear as taught ones.

John 1:37

And the two taught ones heard him speaking, and they followed יהושע.

John 11:29

When she heard, she rose up quickly and came to Him.

Ephesians 4:29

Let no corrupt word come out of your mouth, but only such as is good for the use of building up, so as to impart what is pleasant to the hearers.