Proverbs 23:16
Yea, my heart will rejoice when thy lips speak right things.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
In Context
15My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart will be glad, even mine.
17Let not thy heart envy sinners, but [be thou] in the fear of LORD all the day long.
Cross References
Proverbs 8:6Hear, for I will speak excellent things. And the opening of my lips shall be right things.
Ephesians 5:4also indecency, and foolish talking or jesting, things not befitting, but thankfulness instead.
James 3:2For we all stumble in many things. If any man does not stumble in word, this is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:13-17
Parental Duties. 12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. 13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. 15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. 16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. Here is, 1. A parent instructing his child. He is here brought in persuading him to give his mind to his book,… Read the whole commentary →