26 Men will kiss the lips of him that giveth a proper answer.
Proverbs 24:26 Cross References - Leeser
Genesis 41:38-57
38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom the spirit of God is?
39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Inasmuch as God hath caused thee to know all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou:
40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according to thy word shall all my people be ruled, only in regard to the throne will I be greater than thou.
41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a golden chain about his neck;
43 And he caused him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bend the knee: and he placed him thus over all the land of Egypt.
44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh; but without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.
45 And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-pa’neach; and he gave him Assenath the daughter of Poti-phera’, the priest of On, for wife. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh the king of Egypt; and Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
47 And the earth brought forth in the seven years of plenty by handfuls.
48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field of the city, which was round about it, laid he up in the same.
49 And Joseph heaped up corn as the sand of the sea, very much; until he left off numbering, for it was without number.
50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, whom Assenath the daughter of Poti-phera’ the priest of On, bore unto him.
51 And Joseph called the name of the first-born Menasseh: For God said he hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.
52 And the name of the second he called Ephraim; For God said he hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
53 And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
54 And the seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said; and there was famine in all the countries, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
55 And when all the land of Egypt also felt hunger, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the store-houses, wherein corn was, and sold unto the Egyptians; for the famine grew strong in the land of Egypt.
57 And all the countries came into Egypt to buy corn of Joseph; because the famine was sore in all the countries.
Job 6:25
25 How pleasant are straightforward words! but what doth arguing prove?
Proverbs 15:23
23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth; and a word spoken at the proper time, how good is it!
Proverbs 16:1
1 Unto man belong the resolves of the heart; but from the Lord cometh the expression of the tongue.
Proverbs 25:11-12
Daniel 2:46-48
46 Then did king Nebuchadnezzar fall upon his face, and he bowed down to Daniel, and ordered that they should offer an oblation and sweet odors unto him.
47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and the revealer of secrets; because thou hast been able to reveal this secret.
48 Then did the king elevate Daniel, and gave him many great presents, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the superintendents over all the wise men of Babylon.