King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 15:23
“A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word [spoken] in due season, how good [is it]!”
Verse in context — Proverbs 15
21
Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
22
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
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A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word [spoken] in due season, how good [is it]!
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The way of life [is] above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
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The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.