Proverbs 15:23 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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 forcible are words of uprightness! But what doth your arguing reprove?

Proverbs 12:14

A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: And the doings of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

Proverbs 12:25

Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop; But a good word maketh it glad.

Proverbs 15:22

Where there is no counsel, purposes are disappointed: But in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

Proverbs 16:13

Righteous lips are the delight or kings; And they love him that speaketh right.

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Proverbs 24:26

He kisseth the lips That giveth a right answer.

Ecclesiastes 3:1

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord GODhath given me the tongue of them that are taught, that I should know how to sustain with words him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as they that are taught.

John 1:37

And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

John 11:29

And she, when she heard it, arose quickly, and went unto him.

Ephesians 4:29

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