Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
for it is pleasant when you treasure them within you and have them ready on your lips.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
Holman Bible
and if
A Conservative Version
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, if they be established together upon thy lips.
American Standard Version
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.
Amplified
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].
Bible in Basic English
For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.
Darby Translation
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee: they shall be together fitted on thy lips.
Julia Smith Translation
For pleasant things if thou shalt watch them in thy belly; they shall be prepared together for thy lips.
King James 2000
For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall all be fitted on your lips.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For [it is] pleasant if you guard them {within you}; together they will be ready upon your lips.
Modern King James verseion
For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall all be fitted in your lips,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
for it is a pleasant thing if thou keep it in thine heart, and practice it in thy mouth -
NET Bible
For it is pleasing if you keep these sayings within you, and they are ready on your lips.
New Heart English Bible
For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
The Emphasized Bible
For sweet shall they be, when thou shalt keep them in thine inmost mind, they shall fit well together, upon thy lips.
Webster
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keepest them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
World English Bible
For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
Youngs Literal Translation
For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 22:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Words Of The Wise
17 Pay attention and listen to the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my teaching, 18 for it is pleasant when you treasure them within you and have them ready on your lips. 19 As a result, your trust will be in the LORD, that's why I'm teaching you today, even you.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 2:10
For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
Job 32:18-19
because I'm filled with things to say, and my spirit within me compels me to speak.
Psalm 19:10
They are more desirable than gold, even much fine gold. They are sweeter than honey, even the drippings from a honeycomb.
Psalm 119:13
I have spoken with my lips about all your decrees that you have announced.
Psalm 119:103
How pleasing is what you have to say to me tasting better than honey.
Psalm 119:111
I have inherited your decrees forever, because they are the joy of my heart.
Psalm 119:162
I find joy at what you have said like one who has discovered a great treasure.
Psalm 119:171
May my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes.
Proverbs 3:17
Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peaceful.
Proverbs 8:6
Listen, because I have noble things to say, and what I have to say will reveal what is right.
Proverbs 10:13
Wisdom characterizes the speech of the discerning, but the rod is for the backs of those lacking discernment.
Proverbs 10:21
What the righteous person says nourishes many, but fools die because they lack discerning hearts.
Proverbs 15:7
What the wise have to say disseminates knowledge, but it's not in the heart of fools to do so.
Proverbs 16:21
The wise-hearted person is told to be discerning, and that pleasant speech promotes instruction.
Proverbs 24:13-14
My son, eat honey, because it's good for you; indeed, drippings from the honeycomb are sweet to your taste;
Proverbs 25:11
Like golden apples set in silver is a word spoken at the right time.
Jeremiah 15:16
Your words were found, and I consumed them. Your words were joy and my hearts delight, because I bear your name, LORD God of the Heavenly Armies.
Malachi 2:7
For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he's the messenger of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
John 7:38
The one who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, will have rivers of living water flowing from his heart."
Hebrews 13:15
Therefore, through him let us always bring God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of our lips that confess his name.