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Proverbs 23:15–16

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15tMy son, if thine heart be wise,

My heart shall rejoice, ||ueven mine.

16Yea, xmy reins shall rejoice,

When thy lips speak yright things.

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Footnotes

  1. tver. 24, 25. See ch. 10:1.
  2. ||Or, even I will rejoice.
  3. uSo ch. 22:19.
  4. yver. 31 (Heb.). ch. 8:6. See Ps. 17:2.

Cross references

  1. xPs. 7:9. & 73:21.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

My son, if your heart is wise,

my heart too will be glad.

My inmost being will exult

when your lips speak what is right.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

My son, if your heart is wise,

then my heart will be glad indeed;

my inmost being will rejoice

when your lips speak what is right.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

My son, if your heart is wise,

my heart will indeed rejoice.

My innermost being will celebrate

when your lips say what is right.

NLTNew Living Translation

My child, if your heart is wise,

my own heart will rejoice!

Everything in me will celebrate

when you speak what is right.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

My child, if your heart is wise,

my heart will be glad—even me!

And my insides will rejoice

when your lips speak what is upright.