Proverbs 22:18

WEB

¹⁸For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.

KJV

¹⁸For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

BSB

¹⁸for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.

FBV

¹⁸for it's good to keep them in mind so you can be ready to share them.

Extra References

Proverbs 2:10

¹⁰For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

Jeremiah 15:16

¹⁶Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by your name, LORD, God of Armies.

Proverbs 15:7

⁷The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.

Proverbs 10:21

²¹The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

Psalms 119:103

¹⁰³How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!

Proverbs 8:6

⁶Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.

¹³My son, eat honey, for it is good, the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste; ¹⁴so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul. If you have found it, then there will be a reward: Your hope will not be cut off.

Proverbs 10:13

¹³Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.

Proverbs 16:21

²¹The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.

Proverbs 25:11

¹¹A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.