Proverbs 15:23
People rejoice when they are able to reply well to what others have asked them; truly, it is very delightful to be able to say the right thing at the right time.
Translation for Translators
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
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:32David replied to Abigail, “I praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, because he sent you to talk with me.
Proverbs 12:14People are rewarded for the good things that they say to others, and people are also rewarded for the good work that they do [MTY].
Proverbs 16:13Kings are delighted to hear people say [MTY] what is true; they love those who say what is right/honest.
Proverbs 24:26Those who answer others honestly show that they are truly their friends [IDM].
Ecclesiastes 3:1There is a right/correct time for everything, a time for everything that we do in this world.
John 1:37◄When we/those two disciples► heard John say this, we/they went with 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 →