Proverbs 23:16
And my reins exult when your lips speak uprightly.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
In Context
15My son, if your heart has been wise, || My heart rejoices, even mine,
17Do not let your heart be envious at sinners, || But—in the fear of YHWH all the day.
Cross References
Proverbs 8:6Listen, for I speak noble things, || And the opening of my lips [is] uprightness.
Ephesians 5:4also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting—the things not fit—but rather thanksgiving;
James 3:2for we all make many stumbles; if anyone does not stumble in word, this one [is] a perfect man, able to also 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 →