Proverbs Chapter 23 verse 16 Holy Bible
Yea, my heart will rejoice, When thy lips speak right things.
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And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.
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and my reins shall exult, when thy lips speak right things.
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Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
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Yes, my heart will rejoice, When your lips speak what is right.
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And my reins exult when thy lips speak uprightly.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - My reins shall rejoice. The "reins" (kelayoth), kidneys, are regarded as the seat of feeling and sensation (Job 19:27). or of the inner nature generally (Psalm 16:7; Revelation 2:22). I shall rejoice in my very soul when thy lips speak right things; i.e. when thy heart is so replete with wisdom, thy mind so well instructed as to utter naught but what is true and sensible (Proverbs 8:6). The composition of these two verses is noteworthy, 15a being parallel to 16b, and. 15b to 16a. Septuagint, "And thy lips shall linger in words (ἐνδιατρίψει λόγοις) with my lips, if they be right," which seems to mean, "If thy lips utter what is right, they will gather wisdom from my words and impart it to others."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) My reins shall rejoice.--These being represented in Hebrew poetry as the seat of the deepest affections, answering to "heart" in Proverbs 23:15. (Comp. Psalm 7:9; Jeremiah 12:2; Revelation 2:23.)