Proverbs 23:16
My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
In Context
15My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.
17Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
Cross References
Proverbs 8:6Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right.
Ephesians 5:4Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.
James 3:2We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his 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 →