Proverbs 23:16

WEB

¹⁶Yes, my heart will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

KJV

¹⁶Yea, my reins^[+] shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

BSB

¹⁶My inmost being ^[+] will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

FBV

¹⁶I'll be delighted when you say what's right.

Extra References

Proverbs 8:6

⁶Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.

Ephesians 5:4

⁴nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate, but rather giving of thanks.

Colossians 4:4

⁴that I may reveal it as I ought to speak.

James 3:2

²For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also.

Ephesians 4:29

²⁹Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.