Proverbs 15:23 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²³ To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, 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 what does reproof from you reprove?

Proverbs 12:14

From the fruit of his words a man is satisfied with good, and the work of a man's hand comes back to him.

Proverbs 12:25

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.

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 him who speaks what is right.

Proverbs 16:24

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

Proverbs 24:26

He who gives a right answer kisses 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 the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him that is weary. Morning by morning he wakens, he wakens my ear to hear 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 rose quickly and went to him.

Ephesians 4:29

Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for edifying, as fits the occasion, that it may impart grace to those who hear.