Proverbs 23:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ My soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Yea, my reins shall rejoice, When thy lips speak right things.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Yes, my heart will rejoice when your lips speak right things.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Yea, my heart will rejoice, When thy lips speak right things.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ My inner being will rejoice when your lips speak with integrity.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And my temperament will exult, when your lips will have spoken what is upright.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips shall speak what is right.

Proverbs 23:16 Cross References

Proverbs 23:17

Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the Lord.

Proverbs 8:6

Hear, for I will speak noble things, and from my lips will come what is right,

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.

Ephesians 5:4

Entirely out of place is obscene, silly, and vulgar talk; but instead, let there be thanksgiving.

Colossians 4:4

so that I may reveal it clearly, as I should.

James 3:2

For all of us make many mistakes. Anyone who makes no mistakes in speaking is mature, able to keep the whole body in check with a bridle.