Proverbs 22:18

In 11 translations

BSB

for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.

KJV

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.within…: Heb. in thy belly

WEB

For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.

ASV

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.

LSV

For they are pleasant when you keep them in your heart, || They are prepared together for your lips.

YLT

For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.

DBY

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee: they shall be together fitted on thy lips.

DRC

Which shall be beautiful for thee, if thou keep it in thy bowels, and it shall flow in thy lips:

GNV

For it shalbe pleasant, if thou keepe them in thy bellie, and if they be directed together in thy lippes.

JPS

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; let them be established altogether upon thy lips.

LXXE

that thou mayest know that they are good: and if thou lay them to heart, they shall also gladden thee on thy lips.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כִּֽי־נָ֭עִים כִּֽי־תִשְׁמְרֵ֣ם בְּבִטְנֶ֑ךָ יִכֹּ֥נוּ יַ֝חְדָּ֗ו עַל־שְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃

LXX-Br

καὶ ἐὰν ἐμβάλῃς αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν καρδίαν σου, εὐφρανοῦσί σε ἅμα ἐπὶ σοῖς χείλεσιν·

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Cross-references most cited first

• Jeremiah 15:16Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.
• Proverbs 8:6Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right.
• Proverbs 2:10For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.
• John 7:38Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
• Proverbs 15:7The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.
• Psalms 119:103How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth!
• Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
• Proverbs 10:13Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.
• Proverbs 16:21The wise in heart are called discerning, and pleasant speech promotes instruction.
• Psalms 119:162I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil.
• Psalms 119:171My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes.
• Psalms 119:13With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.
• Proverbs 24:13–14Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste. Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.
• Hebrews 13:15Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
• Psalms 19:10They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
• Psalms 119:111Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

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