Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Proverbs 15:23 in English Standard Version "To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is!" Pr 25:11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver. Isa 50:4 The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.