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Proverbs 22:18
18For it will be pleasant if you keep them in mind [incorporating them as guiding principles]; Let them be ready on your lips [to guide and strengthen yourself and others].
Proverbs 22:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
- New International Version (NIV)for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips.
- English Standard Version (ESV)for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; Let them all be fixed upon your lips,
Context of Proverbs 22:18
16He who oppresses or exploits the poor to get more for himself Or who gives to the rich [to gain influence and favor], will only come to poverty. 17Listen carefully and hear the words of the wise, And apply your mind to my knowledge; For it will be pleasant if you keep them in mind [incorporating them as guiding principles]; Let them be ready on your lips [to guide and strengthen yourself and others]. 19So that your trust and reliance and confidence may be in the Lord, I have taught these things to you today, even to you. 20Have I not written to you excellent things In counsels and knowledge,
Read all of Proverbs 22Proverbs 22:18 word by word
כִּֽי־נָ֭עִים כִּֽי־תִשְׁמְרֵ֣ם בְּבִטְנֶ֑ךָ יִכֹּ֥נוּ יַ֝חְדָּ֗ו עַל־שְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 22:18
- Proverbs 2:10For [skillful and godly] wisdom will enter your heart And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
- Proverbs 3:17Her ways are highways of pleasantness and favor, And all her paths are peace.
- Proverbs 24:13My son, eat honey, because it is good, And the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
- Psalms 19:10They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb.
- Psalms 119:103How sweet are Your words to my taste, Sweeter than honey to my mouth!
- Jeremiah 15:16Your words were found and I ate them, And Your words became a joy to me and the delight of my heart; For I have been called by Your name, O Lord God of hosts.
- Job 32:18For I am full of words; The spirit within me constrains me.
- John 7:38He who believes in Me [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Me], as the Scripture has said, ‘From his innermost being will flow continually rivers of living water.’ ”
- Proverbs 8:6Listen, for I will speak excellent and noble things; And the opening of my lips will reveal right things.
- Proverbs 10:13On the lips of the discerning, [skillful and godly] wisdom is found, But discipline and the rod are for the back of the one who is without common sense and understanding.
- Proverbs 15:7The lips of the wise spread knowledge [sifting it as chaff from the grain]; But the hearts of [shortsighted] fools are not so.
- Proverbs 16:21The wise in heart will be called understanding, And sweet speech increases persuasiveness and learning [in both speaker and listener].
- Proverbs 25:11Like apples of gold in settings of silver Is a word spoken at the right time.
- Psalms 119:13With my lips I have told of All the ordinances of Your mouth.
- Malachi 2:7For the lips of the priest should guard and preserve knowledge [of My law], and the people should seek instruction from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
- Hebrews 13:15Through Him, therefore, let us at all times offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, which is the fruit of lips that thankfully acknowledge and confess and glorify His name.
Commentaries on Proverbs 22:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee - II. The pleasure and profit which may be derived from an attentive hearing. They should be laid up in the heart-stored, treasured up within thee. This will yield high satisfaction and happiness to the soul: "For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee." 3. The man who thus attends to the teachings of wisdom shall gain an experimental knowledge of them, so as to be able to speak of…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18What is “pleasant” in the sight of God and man is the union of two things, belief passing into profession, profession resting on belief.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-21Verses 17-21 To these words, to this knowledge, the ear must be bowed down, and the heart applied by faith and love. To live a life of delight in God and dependence on him, is the foundation of all practical religion. The way to know the certainty of the word of truth, is to make conscience of our duty.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-21Like the prologue in the book of Proverbs (Proverbs 1:2–7) and the introductions to the individual discourses (see Proverbs 1:8–9; 2:1–11), this section starts by encouraging listening. This wisdom goes beyond practical advice; it aims to inspire trust in the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. These lessons must be laid up in the mind, and fitted--or better, "fixed" in the lips so as to be ever ready.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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