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23A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
Proverbs 15:23 —
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 23)Note, 1. We speak wisely when we speak seasonably: The answer of the mouth will be our credit and joy when it is pertinent and to the purpose, and is spoken in due season , when it is needed and will be regarded, and, as we say, hits the joint. Many a good word comes short of doing the good it might have done, for want of being well-timed. Nor is any thing more the beauty of discourse than to have...
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