Proverbs 15:23
שִׂמְחָה לָאִישׁ בְּמַעֲנֵה ־ פִיו וְדָבָר בְּעִתּוֹ מַה ־ טּֽוֹב ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
22הָפֵר מַחֲשָׁבוֹת בְּאֵין סוֹד וּבְרֹב יוֹעֲצִים תָּקֽוּם ׃
24אֹרַח חַיִּים לְמַעְלָה לְמַשְׂכִּיל לְמַעַן סוּר מִשְּׁאוֹל מָֽטָּה ׃
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:32וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד לַאֲבִיגַל בָּרוּךְ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחֵךְ הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה לִקְרָאתִֽי ׃
Proverbs 12:14מִפְּרִי פִי ־ אִישׁ יִשְׂבַּע ־ טוֹב וּגְמוּל יְדֵי ־ אָדָם ישוב לֽוֹ ׃
Proverbs 16:13רְצוֹן מְלָכִים שִׂפְתֵי ־ צֶדֶק וְדֹבֵר יְשָׁרִים יֶאֱהָֽב ׃
Proverbs 24:26שְׂפָתַיִם יִשָּׁק מֵשִׁיב דְּבָרִים נְכֹחִֽים ׃
Ecclesiastes 3:1לַכֹּל זְמָן וְעֵת לְכָל ־ חֵפֶץ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמָֽיִם ׃ ס
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 →