Proverbs 23:16

Modern English Version

My soul will exult when your lips speak what is right.

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Let not your heart envy sinners, but be in the fear of the Lord all the day long.

Listen, for I will speak excellent things, and the opening of my lips will disclose right things,

Let no unwholesome word proceed out of your mouth, but only that which is good for building up, that it may give grace to the listeners.

Let there be no filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse joking, which are not fitting. Instead, give thanks.

that I may reveal it clearly, as I ought to speak.

We all stumble in many ways. But if any man does not stumble in what he says, he is a complete man and able also to control the whole body.