Proverbs 15:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²³ To make an apt answer is a joy to anyone, and a word in season, how good it is!

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ 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

How forceful are honest words! But your reproof, what does it reprove?

Proverbs 12:14

From the fruit of the mouth one is filled with good things, and manual labor has its reward.

Proverbs 12:25

Anxiety weighs down the human heart, but a good word cheers it up.

Proverbs 15:22

Without counsel, plans go wrong, but with many advisers they succeed.

Proverbs 16:13

Righteous lips are the delight of a king, and he loves those who speak what is right.

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.

Proverbs 24:26

One who gives an honest answer gives a kiss on the lips.

Ecclesiastes 3:1

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

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord God has given me a trained tongue, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens, wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught.

John 1:37

The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus.

John 11:29

And when she heard it, she got up quickly and went to him.

Ephesians 4:29

Let no evil talk come out of your mouths but only what is good for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear.