The Meaning of Proverbs 15:23 Explained

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!

YLT: Joy is to a man in the answer of his mouth, And a word in its season -- how good!

Darby: A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth; and a word in its season, how good is it!

ASV: A man hath joy in the answer of his mouth; And a word in due season, how good is it!

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Proverbs 15:23?

MEANING: What does Proverbs 15:23 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Proverbs 15:23 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Proverbs 15:23?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

A man  hath joy  by the answer  of his mouth:  and a word  [spoken] in due season,  how good  [is it]! 

What does Proverbs 15:23 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 15:18-33 - Words In Season
Learn to be slow to anger. This paragraph describes the even temper which is blessed to live with and blessed to die with. Temper is said to be nine-tenths of Christianity. What best proves a Christian is an even temper. It is told of a Japanese gentleman, who was led by a tract to renounce the use of intoxicants and to accept Jesus Christ, that the immediate effect on his temper was so great that his wife, who had often suffered from his uncontrollable fits of anger, said, "If this is the result of Christianity, I want to become a Christian." When the missionaries afterward visited the place, they found her and ten other persons awaiting baptism.
As these proverbs suggest, the quickest method of overcoming and eradicating the wrong is, in the power of God, to cultivate the right. By this we shall tread the way of the wise that goeth upward toward the heavenly life of the angels, and we shall be saved from a hell of misery. See Proverbs 15:24, r.v. Philippians 3:20; Colossians 3:1. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 15

1  A gentle answer turns away wrath

What do the individual words in Proverbs 15:23 mean?

Has joy a man by the answer of his mouth and a word [spoken] in due season how good [it is]
שִׂמְחָ֣ה לָ֭אִישׁ בְּמַעֲנֵה־ פִ֑יו וְדָבָ֖ר בְּעִתּ֣וֹ מַה־ טּֽוֹב

שִׂמְחָ֣ה  Has  joy 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שִׂמְחָה  
Sense: joy, mirth, gladness.
לָ֭אִישׁ  a  man 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
בְּמַעֲנֵה־  by  the  answer 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מַעֲנֶה 
Sense: answer, response.
פִ֑יו  of  his  mouth 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: פֶּה  
Sense: mouth.
וְדָבָ֖ר  and  a  word  [spoken] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
בְּעִתּ֣וֹ  in  due  season 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, common singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: עֵת  
Sense: time.
מַה־  how 
Parse: Interrogative
Root: לָמָּה 
Sense: what, how, of what kind.
טּֽוֹב  good  [it  is] 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: טָבַב 
Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.

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