15 My son, if your heart is (A)wise,
My own heart also will be glad,
16 And my [a]innermost being will rejoice
When your lips speak (B)what is right.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:16 Lit kidneys

15 My child,[a] if your heart is wise,
    my own heart will rejoice!
16 Everything in me will celebrate
    when you speak what is right.

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  1. 23:15 Hebrew My son; also in 23:19.