Proverbs 24:26
He who is returning straightforward words kisses lips.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.
In Context
25And it is pleasant to those reproving, || And a good blessing comes on them.
Cross References
Job 6:25How powerful have been upright sayings, || And what reproof from you reproves?
Proverbs 16:1Arrangements of the heart [are] of man, || An answer of the tongue from YHWH.
Daniel 2:46Then King Nebuchadnezzar has fallen on his face, and to Daniel he has done homage, and present, and sweet things, he has said to pour out to him.
Mark 12:32And the scribe said to Him, “Well, Teacher, in truth You have spoken that there is one God, and there is none other but He;
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:24-27
23 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. 24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him: 25 But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them. 26 Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer. Here are lessons for wise men, that is, judges and princes. As subjects must do their duty, and be obedient to magistrates, so magistrates must do their duty in… Read the whole commentary →