Proverbs 15:23

New American Bible - revised edition

One has joy from an apt response; a word in season, how good it is!

Cross References

Job 6:25

How painful honest words can be; yet how unconvincing is your argument!

Proverbs 12:14

From the fruit of their mouths people have their fill of good, and the works of their hands come back upon them.

Proverbs 12:25

Worry weighs down the heart, but a kind word gives it joy.

Proverbs 15:22

Plans fail when there is no counsel, but they succeed when advisers are many.

Proverbs 16:13

The king takes delight in honest lips, and whoever speaks what is right he loves.

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasing words are a honeycomb, sweet to the taste and invigorating to the bones.

Proverbs 24:26

An honest reply— a kiss on the lips.

Ecclesiastes 3:1

There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens.

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord God has given me a well-trained tongue, That I might know how to answer the weary a word that will waken them. Morning after morning he wakens my ear to hear as disciples do;

John 1:37

The two disciples heard what he said and followed Jesus.

John 11:29

As soon as she heard this, she rose quickly and went to him.

Ephesians 4:29

No foul language should come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for needed edification, that it may impart grace to those who hear.