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Proverbs 23:16
Proverbs 23:16 is verse 16 of Proverbs chapter 23, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
Hebrew My kidneys
King James Version
Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
World English Bible
Yes, my heart will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
Read in context
Proverbs 23:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible
14 Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
15 My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.
16 My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
17 Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
18 For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 8:6Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right.
Ephesians 4:29Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
Ephesians 5:4Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.
Colossians 4:4Pray that I may declare it clearly, as I should.
James 3:2We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.