Proverbs 23:16

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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 reins^H3629 shall rejoice^H5937, when thy lips^H8193 speak^H1696 right things^H4339.

Original Hebrew

וְתַעְלֹזְנָה כִלְיֹותָי בְּדַבֵּר פָתֶיךָ 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)

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

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 (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; 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; probably from סָפָה or שָׁפָה through the idea of termination (compare סוֹף); 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.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

thy — Proverbs 8:6, Ephesians 4:29, Ephesians 5:4, Colossians 4:4, James 3:2

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