Proverbs 15:23
Joy [is] to a man in the answer of his mouth, || And a word in its season—how good!
Literal Standard 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
24A path of life [is] on high for the wise, || To turn aside from Sheol beneath.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:32And David says to Abigail, “Blessed [is] YHWH, God of Israel, who has sent you to meet me this day,
Proverbs 12:14One [is] satisfied [with] good from the fruit of the mouth, || And the deed of man’s hands returns to him.
Proverbs 16:13Righteous lips [are] the delight of kings, || And he loves whoever is speaking uprightly,
Proverbs 24:26He who is returning straightforward words kisses lips.
Ecclesiastes 3:1To everything—a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:
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 →