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Proverbs 15:23

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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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  1. Proverbs 15:21

    Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

  2. Proverbs 15:22

    Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

  3. Proverbs 15:24

    The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

  4. Proverbs 15:25

    The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.