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Proverbs 22:18
18If you remember these things, you will be happy. Tell them to other people.
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
16Someone may be cruel to poor people to make himself rich. Someone else may give gifts to rich people to make them his friends. But both those people will become poor in the end. 17Listen carefully. I will teach you what wise people have said. Think about the things that I am teaching you. If you remember these things, you will be happy. Tell them to other people. 19I want you to trust in the Lord. So I will tell you these things today. They are for you. 20I have written down 30 wise thoughts for you. They will teach you what is right, so that you know how to live well.
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 2:10You will become wise in your thoughts. Your knowledge of what is right will make you happy.
- Proverbs 3:17Wisdom will be your guide through a happy life. She will lead you in ways that keep you safe.
- Proverbs 24:1326. My child, honey is good for you, so eat it. It is sweet on your tongue when you taste it.
- Psalms 19:10They are more valuable than gold, even the best gold. They are sweeter than the best honey.
- Psalms 119:103Your words are very good. They taste sweeter than honey in my mouth!
- Jeremiah 15:16As your words came to me, I took them into me like sweet food. I belong to you, Lord, God Almighty, so your words made me very happy.
- Job 32:18There are many things that I want to say. The spirit inside me causes me to speak.
- John 7:38It says in the Bible, “God will cause streams of water to pour out from anyone who believes in me. Water that gives life will come out from inside that person.” ’
- Proverbs 8:6Listen! I have important things to tell you. Everything that I will speak is right.
- Proverbs 10:13People who understand what is right speak wise words. But silly people receive the punishment that they deserve.
- Proverbs 15:7When wise people speak, they give knowledge, but the minds of fools have nothing to give.
- Proverbs 16:21If you have wise thoughts, people will say that you know what is right. If you speak kind words, people will accept your teaching.
- Proverbs 25:11A wise word that you speak at the right time is a beautiful thing. It is like a gold apple on a silver plate.
- Psalms 119:13You have taught us your rules. I want to speak them aloud for others to hear.
- Malachi 2:7Priests should help people to know the truth about God. People should ask the priests to teach them, because the Lord Almighty has chosen priests to speak his message.
- Hebrews 13:15So we should always praise God, because of what Jesus has done for us. We should say clearly that we trust Jesus. That is like our sacrifice which we offer to God all the time.
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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