Proverbs 15:23
A man rejoiceth in the sentence of his mouth: and a word in due time is best.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
24The path of life is above for the wise, that he may decline from the lowest hell.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:32And David said to Abigail: Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me, and blessed be thy speech:
Proverbs 12:14By the fruit of his own mouth shall a man be filled with good things, and according to the works of his hands it shall be repaid him.
Proverbs 16:13Just lips are the delight of kings: he that speaketh right things shall be loved.
Proverbs 24:26He shall kiss the lips, who answereth right words.
Ecclesiastes 3:1All things have their season, and in their times all things pass under heaven.
John 1:37And the two disciples heard him speak, 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 →