Proverbs 23:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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.

Proverbs 23:16 Cross References

Proverbs 8:6

Hear, for I will speak excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things.

Ephesians 5:4

nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks.

James 3:2

For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.

Colossians 4:4

that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

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.

Proverbs 23:17

Let not thine heart envy sinners: But be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long: