Proverbs 24:26 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

²⁶ Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ Every man shall kiss his lips That giveth a right answer.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ He kisses the lips [and wins the hearts of men] who give a right answer.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ He kisseth the lips Who giveth a right answer.

Common English Bible

²⁶ Those who speak honestly are like those who kiss on the lips.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ He shall kiss the lips, who responds with upright words.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁶ He shall kiss the lips, who answereth right words.

Proverbs 24:26 Cross References

Job 6:25

How forcible are right words! But what doth your arguing reprove?

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 16:1

The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.

Proverbs 24:25

but to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

Proverbs 24:27

Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterward build thine house.