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Proverbs 23:15–16

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15My son, if your heart is awise,

My own heart also will be glad;

16And my 1inmost being will exult

When your lips speak aupright things.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit kidneys

Cross references

  1. aProv 23:24f; 27:11; 29:3
  2. aProv 8:6

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

My son, if thine heart be wise,

My heart shall rejoice, even mine.

Yea, my reins shall rejoice,

When thy lips speak right things.