Proverbs 15:23
An ish hath simchah in the apt reply of his peh (mouth), 1 and a timely davar, mah tov (how good!) 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 Orach Chayyim leads upward to the wise, 1 in order that he may depart from Sheol beneath. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:32And Dovid said to Avigal, Baruch Hashem Elohei Yisroel, Who sent thee today to meet me;
Proverbs 12:14An ish shall be filled with tov by the fruit of his peh (mouth), 1 and the recompence of the hands of adam shall be rendered unto him. 1
Proverbs 16:13Sfatayim (lips) of tzedek are the delight of melachim; 1 and they love him that speaketh yesharim (upright things). 1
Proverbs 24:26He that giveth an answer that is nakhon (right, correct), 1 giveth a kiss on the sfatayim. 1
Ecclesiastes 3:1To every thing there is a zeman (time), and an et (season) for every matter under Shomayim: 1
John 1:37And the two talmidim heard Yochanan speaking, and they followed after him.
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 →