Proverbs 15:23
Joy [is] to a man in the answer of his mouth, And a word in its season — how good!
Young's Literal Translation
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
24A path of life [is] on high for the wise, To turn aside from Sheol beneath.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:32And David saith to Abigail, 'Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, who hath sent thee this day to meet me,
Proverbs 12:14From the fruit of the mouth [is] one satisfied [with] good, And the deed of man's hands returneth to him.
Proverbs 16:13The delight of kings [are] righteous lips, And whoso is speaking uprightly he loveth,
Proverbs 24:26Lips he kisseth who is returning straightforward words.
Ecclesiastes 3:1To everything — a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:
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 →