16And my reins exult when thy lips speak uprightly.


In Context

13 Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.

14 Thou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest.

15 My son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine,

16 And my reins exult when thy lips speak uprightly.

17 Let not thy heart be envious at sinners, But — in the fear of Jehovah all the day.

18 For, is there a posterity? Then thy hope is not cut off.

Proverbs 23:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:16Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:16my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:16And my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips shall speak what is right.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:16Yea, my heart will rejoice, When thy lips speak right things.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:16and my reins shall exult, when thy lips speak right things.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:16Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:16Yes, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:16yes, my heart will rejoice, when your lips speak what is right.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:16Yes, my reins shall rejoice, when your lips speak right things.