Proverbs 15:23
A man has joy in the answer of his mouth, and a word in due season, how good it is!
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
In Context
24To the wise man the way of life [is] upward, that he may depart from Sheol beneath.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:32And David said to Abigail, Blessed be LORD, the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me,
Proverbs 12:14A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth, and the actions of a man's hands shall be rendered to him.
Proverbs 16:13Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him who speaks right.
Proverbs 24:26He who gives a right answer kisses the lips.
Ecclesiastes 3:1For everything there is a season, and a time for very purpose under heaven:
John 1:37And the two disciples heard him speaking, and they followed Jesus.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:23
22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established. See here, 1. Of what ill consequence it is to be precipitate and rash, and to act without advice: Men's purposes are disappointed, their measures broken, and they come short of their point, gain not their end, because they would not ask counsel about the way. If men will not take time and pains to deliberate with themselves, or are so confident of their own judgment that they scorn to consult with others, they… Read the whole commentary →