משלי 15:23

Hebrew Modern Translation

שמחה לאיש במענה פיו ודבר בעתו מה טוב׃

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
לאיש במענה-פיו ודבר בעתו מה-טוב

Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
שִׂמְחָ֣ה לָ֭אִישׁ בְּמַעֲנֵה־פִ֑יו וְדָבָ֖ר בְּעִתֹּ֣ו מַה־טֹּֽוב ׃

Westminster Leningrad Codex
שִׂמְחָה לָאִישׁ בְּמַעֲנֵה־פִיו וְדָבָר בְּעִתּוֹ מַה־טֹּֽוב ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

joy: Proverbs 12:14, Proverbs 16:13, Proverbs 24:26, Proverbs 25:11, Proverbs 25:12, Ephesians 4:29

in due season: Heb. in his season, Ecclesiastes 3:1, Isaiah 50:4

how: 1 Samuel 25:32, 1 Samuel 25:33

Reciprocal: Ezra 10:5 - arose Proverbs 10:13 - the lips Proverbs 12:25 - Heaviness Proverbs 15:2 - tongue Proverbs 15:26 - but Proverbs 16:24 - Pleasant Proverbs 20:15 - but Proverbs 27:9 - so Ecclesiastes 10:12 - words Ecclesiastes 12:10 - acceptable words Matthew 12:35 - good man Luke 6:45 - good man Luke 12:42 - in due John 1:37 - and they John 11:29 - General Acts 6:5 - the saying

Gill's Notes on the Bible

A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth,.... When his advice is asked, and he gives good and wholesome counsel, and that being taken succeeds; it is a pleasure to a man that he is capable of assisting his friend, and doing him service, or a common good, whether it be in things natural, civil, or religious; when his speech is with salt, seasoned with grace, and he knows how he ought to answer every man; when that which is good proceeds from him, and is to the use of edifying, and ministers grace to the hearers, and is acceptable to them; when with readiness he gives an answer to every man that asks him a reason of the hope that is in him, with meekness and fear, Colossians 3:6 Ephesians 4:29;

and a word [spoken] in due season, how good [is it]? whether by way of advice and counsel to such who stand in need of it, or of exhortation and instruction to those that want it, or of comfort to those that are distressed; such is a word of promise spoken and applied by the Spirit of God to the hearts of his people in a time of need; and such is the Gospel of peace, pardon, righteousness, and salvation, as spoken by Christ and his ministers to weary and wounded souls; it cannot be well and fully expressed how sweet, how good, how suitable, as well as seasonable, it is: see Proverbs 25:11.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Probably, a special reference to debates in council Proverbs 15:22. They bring before us the special characteristic of the East, the delight in ready, improvised answers, solving difficulties, turning aside anger. Compare the effect on the scribe Mark 12:28.