Proverbs 15:23 · KJV
“A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word {spoken} in due season, how good {is it}! {due...: Heb. his season}”
— Proverbs 15:23
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
The way of life {is} above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
Proverbs 15 — Context
Folly {is} joy to {him that is} destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly. {destitute...: Heb. void of heart}
22Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
23A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word {spoken} in due season, how good {is it}! {due...: Heb. his season}
24The way of life {is} above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
25The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
Cross References
Isaiah 50:4
The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to {him that is} weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
Proverbs 25:11-12
A word fitly spoken {is like} apples of gold in pictures of silver. {fitly...: Heb. spoken upon his wheels}
Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. {to...: or, to edify profitably}
Proverbs 12:14
A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of {his} mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
Proverbs 16:13
Righteous lips {are} the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
Proverbs 24:26
{Every man} shall kiss {his} lips that giveth a right answer. {that...: Heb. that answereth right words}
Ecclesiastes 3:1
To every {thing there is} a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
1 Samuel 25:32-33
And David said to Abigail, Blessed {be} the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me: