Proverbs 15:23 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

²³ Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ 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

²³ 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)

²³ A man hath joy in the answer of his mouth; And a word in due season, how good is it!

Common English Bible

²³ To give an appropriate answer is a joy; how good is a word at the right time!

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ A man rejoices in the verdict of his own mouth. And a word at the right time is best.

Proverbs 15:23 Cross References

Job 6:25

How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?

Proverbs 12:14

A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man's hands shall be rewarded to him.

Proverbs 12:25

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.

Proverbs 15:22

Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established.

Proverbs 16:13

Righteous lips are the delight of kings. They value one who speaks the truth.

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Proverbs 24:26

An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.

Ecclesiastes 3:1

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary: he wakens morning by morning, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

John 1:37

The two talmidim heard him speak, and they followed Yeshua.

John 11:29

When she heard this, she arose quickly, and went to him.

Ephesians 4:29

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.