OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 23

Proverbs 15:23

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Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth.

How good is a word at the right time!

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Proverbs 15:20–26

20

A wise son makes a father glad,

but a foolish man despises his mother.

21

Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom,

but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

22

Where there is no counsel, plans fail;

but in a multitude of counselors they are established.

23
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Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth.

How good is a word at the right time!

24

The path of life leads upward for the wise,

to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

25

The LORD will uproot the house of the proud,

but he will keep the widow’s borders intact.

26

The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked,

but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.

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