Proverbs 15:23
A man is glad in the sentence of his mouth; and a covenable word is best (or but a suitable word is always best).
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
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 25:32And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, that sent thee today into my coming (or who sent thee today to meet me),
Proverbs 12:14Of the fruit of his mouth each man shall be [ful] filled with goods (or A person shall be fulfilled with good things by the fruit of his mouth); and by the works of his hands it shall be yielded to him.
Proverbs 16:13The will of kings is just lips; he that speaketh rightful things, shall be (ad)dressed. (The desire of kings is just, or truthful, words; he who speaketh upright things shall be favoured.)
Proverbs 24:26He that answereth (with) rightful words, shall kiss lips. (Lips shall kiss him, who answereth with upright words.)
Ecclesiastes 3:1All things have time, and all things under [the] sun pass by their spaces. (All things have a time, and all things under the sun pass forth in their places.)
John 1:37And (the) two disciples heard him speaking, and [they] followed 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 →