Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 22:18
18For it is delightful if you keep them within you, ready on your lips.
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
16The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain, and the one who gives to the rich— both end in poverty. 17Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge. For it is delightful if you keep them within you, ready on your lips. 19So that your trust may be in Adonai, I made them known to you this day, even you. 20Have I not written to you thirty sayings of admonition 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 wisdom will enter your heart and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
- Proverbs 3:17Her ways are pleasant ways, and all of her paths are shalom.
- Proverbs 24:13Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
- Psalms 19:10The fear of Adonai is clean, enduring forever. The judgments of Adonai are true and altogether righteous.
- Psalms 119:103How sweet is Your word to my taste— yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
- Jeremiah 15:16Your words were found, so I ate them. Your words were a delight to me and the joy of my heart. For I am called by Your Name, Adonai-Elohei-Tzva’ot.
- Job 32:18For I am full of words, and the spirit within me compels me;
- John 7:38Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture says, ‘out of his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’”
- Proverbs 8:6Listen, for I speak excellent things, and my lips utter right things.
- Proverbs 10:13Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of one lacking sense.
- Proverbs 15:7The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the heart of fools.
- Proverbs 16:21The wise in heart is called discerning, and sweetness of lips increases persuasiveness.
- Proverbs 25:11Like apples of gold in settings of silver is a word aptly spoken.
- Psalms 119:13With my lips I rehearse all the rulings of Your mouth.
- Malachi 2:7For a kohen’s lips should guard knowledge, and instruction must be sought from his mouth. For he is a messenger of Adonai-Tzva’ot.
- Hebrews 13:15Through Yeshua then, let us continually offer up to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips giving thanks to 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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