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Proverbs 24

Prov. 24:26 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Every man shall kiss
nashaq (Hebrew #5401)
to kiss, literally or figuratively (touch); also (as a mode of attachment), to equip with weapons
KJV usage: armed (men), rule, kiss, that touched.
Pronounce: naw-shak'
Origin: a primitive root (identical with 5400, through the idea of fastening up; compare 2388, 2836)
his lips
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
that ρgiveth
shuwb (Hebrew #7725)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Pronounce: shoob
Origin: a primitive root
a right
nakoach (Hebrew #5228)
straightforward, i.e. (figuratively), equitable, correct, or (abstractly), integrity
KJV usage: plain, right, uprightness.
Pronounce: naw-ko'-akh
Origin: from the same as 5226
answer
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
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answereth right words.

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 15:23• 23A man hath joy in the answer of his mouth,{HR}And a word in season, how good it is! (Prov. 15:23)
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Prov. 16:1• 1The preparations of the heart [are] of man,{HR}But the answer of the tongue [is] from Jehovah. (Prov. 16:1)
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Prov. 25:11‑12• 11Apples of gold in baskets of silver{HR}[Is] a word spoken in season.
 12An ear-ring of gold and an ornament of fine gold{HR}[Is] a wise reprover on an attentive ear. (Prov. 25:11‑12)
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Gen. 41:38‑57• 38And Pharaoh said to his servants, shall we find [one] as this, a man in whom the Spirit of God [is]?
 39And Pharaoh said to Joseph, since God has made all this known to thee, there is none discreet and wise as thou.
 40Thou shalt be over my house, and according to thy word shall all my people order themselves: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
 41And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
 42And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in clothes of byss, and put a gold chain about his neck.
 43And he caused him to ride in the second chariot that he had: and they cried before him, Bow the knee! and he set him over all the land of Egypt.
 44And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I [am] Pharaoh: and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.
 45And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah, and gave him as wife Asenath, daughter of Potiphera priest of On. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
 46And Joseph [was] thirty years of age when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and passed through the whole land of Egypt.
 47And in the seven years of plenty the land produced by handfuls.
 48And he gathered up all the food of the seven years that were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities; the food of the fields of the city which [were] round about it, he laid up in it.
 49And Joseph laid up corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering; for [it was] without number.
 50And to Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath daughter of Potiphera the priest of On bore to him.
 51And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh (for God made me forget all my toil and all my father's house).
 52And the name of the second he called Ephraim (for God caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction).
 53And the seven years of plenty that were in the land of Egypt were ended;
 54and the seven years of the famine began to come, according as Joseph had said. And there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
 55And all the land of Egypt was famished; and the people cried to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph: what he saith to you, do.
 56And the famine was over all the face of the earth. And Joseph opened every storehouse [all in which was grain], and sold to the Egyptians; and the famine was grievous in the land of Egypt.
 57And the whole earth came into Egypt to Joseph, to buy, because the famine was grievous on the whole earth. (Gen. 41:38‑57)
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Dan. 2:46‑48• 46Then king Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.
 47The king answered Daniel and said, Of a truth it is that your God is a God of gods and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldst reveal this secret.
 48Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon. (Dan. 2:46‑48)
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Mark 12:17‑18,32‑34• 17And Jesus answering said to them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they wondered at him.
 18Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,
 32And the scribe said unto him, Right, teacher, thou hast said the truth; for he is one, and there is none other;
 33and to love him with all the heart, and with all the intelligence, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love neighbour as oneself, is more than the burnt-offerings and sacrifices.
 34And Jesus, seeing that he had answered intelligently, said to him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no one dared question him anymore. (Mark 12:17‑18,32‑34)
giveth a right answer.
Heb. answereth right words.
Job 6:25• 25How sweet are right words!{HR}And what doth reproof from you reprove? (Job 6:25)
• The kiss, among Eastern nations, was a symbolical act, denoting affection and esteem. (“Proverbs Twenty-Four” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He kisseth the lips who giveth a right answer.

W. Kelly Translation

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He kisseth the lips{HR}Who giveth a right answer.