Proverbs 15:23 - King James 2000

²³ A man has joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken 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.

Proverbs 15:23 Tagairtí Cros

Job 6:25

How forceful are right words! but what does your arguing prove?

Proverbs 12:14

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

Proverbs 12:25

Heaviness in the heart of man makes him stoop: but a good word makes him glad.

Proverbs 15:22

Without counsel plans go wrong: but in the multitude of counselors they are established.

Proverbs 16:13

Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaks what is right.

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Proverbs 24:26

Every man shall kiss his lips who gives 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 GOD has given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as the learned.

John 1:37

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

John 11:29

As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him.

Ephesians 4:29

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.