Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips. New Living Translation For it is good to keep these sayings in your heart and always ready on your lips. English Standard Version for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips. Berean Standard Bible for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips. King James Bible For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. New King James Version For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; Let them all be fixed upon your lips, New American Standard Bible For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, So that they may be ready on your lips. NASB 1995 For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, That they may be ready on your lips. NASB 1977 For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, That they may be ready on your lips. Legacy Standard Bible For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, That they may be established on your lips. Amplified Bible 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]. Christian Standard Bible For it is pleasing if you keep them within you and if they are constantly on your lips. Holman Christian Standard Bible For it is pleasing if you keep them within you and if they are constantly on your lips. American Standard Version For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips. Contemporary English Version You will be glad that you know these sayings and can recite them. English Revised Version For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, if they be established together upon thy lips. GOD'S WORD® Translation It is pleasant if you keep them in mind [so that] they will be on the tip of your tongue, Good News Translation and you will be glad if you remember them and can quote them. International Standard Version for it is pleasant when you treasure them within you and have them ready on your lips. Majority Standard Bible for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips. 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionFor they are pleasant when you keep them in your heart, "" They are prepared together for your lips. Young's Literal Translation For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips. Smith's Literal Translation For pleasant things if thou shalt watch them in thy belly; they shall be prepared together for thy lips. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleWhich shall be beautiful for thee, if thou keep it in thy bowels, and it shall flow in thy lips: Catholic Public Domain Version It shall be beautiful to you, if you preserve it in your inner self, and it shall overflow from your lips, New American Bible For it will be well if you hold them within you, if they all are ready on your lips. New Revised Standard Version for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor both of them are pleasant, keep them within you; let them together be made ready on your lips. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Because they are sweet, keep them in your gut, and they will form together upon your lips. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; Let them be established altogether upon thy lips. Brenton Septuagint Translation that thou mayest know that they are good: and if thou lay them to heart, they shall also gladden thee on thy lips. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Thirty Sayings of the Wise17Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise—apply your mind to my knowledge— 18for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips. 19So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you.… Cross References Psalm 119:11 I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You. Deuteronomy 6:6-7 These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. / And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. Joshua 1:8 This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do. James 1:21-22 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls. / Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves. Psalm 1:2 But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night. Matthew 7:24-25 Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. / The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, / so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work. Psalm 19:14 May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. Romans 15:4 For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope. Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Psalm 119:97 Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation. John 14:23 Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. Psalm 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Luke 11:28 But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” Treasury of Scripture For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall with be fitted in your lips. it is Proverbs 2:10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; Proverbs 3:17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. Proverbs 24:13,14 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: … within thee Job 32:18,19 For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me… John 7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. fitted Proverbs 8:6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. Proverbs 10:13,21 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding… Proverbs 15:7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so. Jump to Previous Altogether Delight Established Fitted Heart Keepest Lips Pleasant Pleasing Prepared Ready Together Withal WithinJump to Next Altogether Delight Established Fitted Heart Keepest Lips Pleasant Pleasing Prepared Ready Together Withal WithinProverbs 22 1. A good name is more desirable than great wealthfor it is pleasing The Hebrew word for "pleasing" here is "נָעִים" (na'im), which conveys a sense of delight, beauty, and agreeableness. In the context of wisdom literature, this word suggests that the internalization of wisdom is not merely a duty but a source of joy and satisfaction. The pursuit of wisdom is portrayed as a delightful endeavor, aligning with the broader biblical theme that God's commandments are not burdensome but are designed for our ultimate joy and fulfillment (1 John 5:3). when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew forכִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction it is pleasing נָ֭עִים (nā·‘îm) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 5273: Pleasant, delightful when כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction you keep תִשְׁמְרֵ֣ם (ṯiš·mə·rêm) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to them within you בְּבִטְנֶ֑ךָ (bə·ḇiṭ·ne·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 990: The belly, the womb, the bosom, body of anything and they are constantly יַ֝חְדָּ֗ו (yaḥ·dāw) Adverb Strong's 3162: A unit, unitedly on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against your lips. שְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃ (śə·p̄ā·ṯe·ḵā) Noun - fdc | second person masculine singular Strong's 8193: The lip, language, a margin Links Proverbs 22:18 NIVProverbs 22:18 NLT Proverbs 22:18 ESV Proverbs 22:18 NASB Proverbs 22:18 KJV Proverbs 22:18 BibleApps.com Proverbs 22:18 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 22:18 Chinese Bible Proverbs 22:18 French Bible Proverbs 22:18 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 22:18 For it is a pleasant thing if (Prov. 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