Proverbs 23:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

More versions

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

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

Proverbs 8:6

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

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.

Ephesians 5:4

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

Colossians 4:4

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

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.