Proverbs 15:22-24

The Message

²²Refuse good advice and watch your plans fail;
take good counsel and watch them succeed.

²³Congenial conversation—what a pleasure!
The right word at the right time—beautiful!

²⁴Life ascends to the heights for the thoughtful—
it’s a clean about-face from descent into hell.

Proverbs 15:22-24

New International Version

²²Plans fail for lack of counsel,^(A)
but with many advisers^(B) they succeed.^(C)

²³A person finds joy in giving an apt reply^(D)—
and how good is a timely word!^(E)

²⁴The path of life leads upward for the prudent
to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.

The Message (MSG)

New International Version (NIV)