Proverbs 23:16

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Proverbs 23:16


← Proverbs 23:15 Proverbs 23:16 (KJV) Proverbs 23:17 →
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Yea, my reinsH3629 shall rejoiceH5937, when thy lipsH8193 speakH1696 right thingsH4339.


Original Hebrew

וְתַעְלֹזְנָה כִלְיֹותָי בְּדַבֵּר שְׂפָתֶיךָ מֵישָׁרִים׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
וְ/תַעְלֹ֥זְנָה
ve./ta'.Lo.ze.nah H5937 HC/Vqi3fp so/ they may rejoice
כִלְיוֹתָ֑/י
khil.yo.Ta/i H3629 HNcfpc/Sp1cs kidneys/ my
בְּ/דַבֵּ֥ר
be./da.Ber H1696 HR/Vpc when/ speak
שְׂ֝פָתֶ֗י/ךָ
Se.fa.Tei./kha H8193 HNcfdc/Sp2ms lips/ your
מֵישָׁרִֽים
mei.sha.Rim H4339 HNcmpa uprightness(es)
Strong's References
  • H1696 — דָבַר (dâbar, daw-bar'): a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue; answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.
  • H3629 — כִּלְיָה (kilyâh, kil-yaw'): feminine of כְּלִי (kᵉlîy) H3627 (only in the plural); a kidney (as an essential organ); figuratively, the mind (as the interior self); kidneys, reins.
  • H4339 — מֵישָׁר (mêyshâr, may-shawr'): from יָשַׁר (yâshar) H3474; evenness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity or concord; also straightness, i.e. (figuratively) rectitude (only in plural with singular sense; often adverbially); agreement, aright, that are equal, equity, (things that are) right(-eously, things), sweetly, upright(-ly, -ness).
  • H5937 — עָלַז (ʻâlaz, aw-laz'): a primitive root; to jump for joy, i.e. exult; be joyful, rejoice, triumph.
  • H8193 — שָׂפָה (sâphâh, saw-faw'): or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת (sepheth); probably from סָפָה (çâphâh) H5595 or שָׁפָה (shâphâh) H8192 through the idea of termination (compare סוֹף (çôwph) H5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.); band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
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