Sunday
Sermon
Commentary
on Proverbs 15:23
by
R.P. Woitowitz, John Gill, & Matthew Henry
A
joy cometh to a man by the answer of his mouth: and how good is a
word in due season
Geneva
Bible Translation
The
happiness of a man is the manifestation of his mouth, and the one who
speaks in season embellishes it. - Aramaic - English Translation
Rejoicing
to [the] man in answer of mouth of him and word of season of him;
what good!
Interlinear
Ancient Hebrew Translation.
Brethren:
Remember
always, that it is what exits from the mouth of a person that defines
them. We’ve been over this many times, but it is always good to
read it again, and yet again. From out of our mouths, we speak what
we feel. Be slow to speak at all times. Remember, from our mouths
issue forth both blessings and cursing. (Read James 3:8-10).
Also
remember, that all speech is to edify the hearer, and likewise to
give glory to God. Therefore, it behooves us to always be ready to
have a good word and to speak it. It is twice blessed, for it blesses
both the speaker and those that hear it. - R.P. Woitowitz Sr.
“ When
his advice is asked, and he gives good and wholesome counsel, and
that being taken succeeds; it is a pleasure to a man that he is
capable of assisting his friend, and doing him service, or a common
good, whether it be in things natural, civil, or religious; when his
speech is with salt, seasoned with grace, and he knows how he ought
to answer every man; when that which is good proceeds from him, and
is to the use of edifying, and ministers grace to the hearers, and is
acceptable to them; when with readiness he gives an answer to every
man that asks him a reason of the hope that is in him, with meekness
and fear, ( Read Colossians 3:6; Ephesians 4:29; 1 Peter 3:15 ) ; and
a word [spoken] in due season, how good [is it]? whether by way of
advice and counsel to such who stand in need of it, or of exhortation
and instruction to those that want it, or of comfort to those that
are distressed; such is a word of promise spoken and applied by the
Spirit of God to the hearts of his people in a time of need; and such
is the Gospel of peace, pardon, righteousness, and salvation, as
spoken by Christ and his ministers to weary and wounded souls; it
cannot be well and fully expressed how sweet, how good, how suitable,
as well as seasonable, it is: see ( Read Proverbs 25:11; Isaiah 50:4
)” . - John Gill
“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 a proper answer ready
off-hand, just when there is occasion for it, and it comes in well.
If
we speak wisely and well, it will redound to our own comfort and to
the advantage of others: A man has joy by the answer of his mouth; he
may take a pleasure, but may by no means take a pride, in having
spoken so acceptably and well that the hearers admire him and say,
"'How good is it, and how much good does it do!’” - Matthew
Henry
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