Proverbs 15:23-25

World English Bible

²³ Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth.
    How good is a word at the right time!
²⁴ The path of life leads upward for the wise,
    to keep him from going downward to Sheol.^[a]
25 Yahweh will uproot the house of the proud,
    but he will keep the widow’s borders intact.