Proverbs 23:16

16 my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

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Proverbs 23:16 in Other Translations

KJV

16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

ESV

16 My inmost being will exult when your lips speak what is right.

NLT

16 Everything in me will celebrate when you speak what is right.

MSG

16 My heart will dance and sing to the tuneful truth you'll speak.

CSB

16 My innermost being will cheer when your lips say what is right.

Proverbs 23:16 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 23:16

Yea, my reins shall rejoice
Which is only another phrase expressive of the same thing, and confirming the greatness of joy on the above occasion; not only his heart rejoiced, which was affectionately concerned for his son, near which he lay, the desires of which were frequently drawn out for his good, but his reins also; the seat of the afflictions rejoiced at it; showing how vehement, sincere, and hearty the joy was; when thy lips speak right things;
as they will, when the heart is wise; things agreeably to right reason, to the Scriptures of truth, the oracles of God; to the law and to the testimony; to the Gospel of Christ, and the doctrines of it; and such things as are savoury, pleasant, and profitable, and minister grace to the hearers. The Targum is,