Proverbs 15:23
Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!
World Messianic 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
22Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established.
24The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:32David said to Abigail, “Blessed is the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you today to meet me!
Proverbs 12:14A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man’s hands shall be rewarded to him.
Proverbs 16:13Righteous lips are the delight of kings. They value one who speaks the truth.
Proverbs 24:26An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.
Ecclesiastes 3:1For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
John 1:37The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Yeshua.
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 →