Proverbs 22:18

Proverbs chapter 22 · verse 18 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.

King James Version · 1611

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

American Standard Version · 1901

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.

v.17Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.

v.18This passage

v.19That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I have madethemknown to thee this day, even to thee.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Psalms 119:13
With my lips have I declared All the ordinances of thy mouth.
Proverbs 15:7
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge; But the heart of the foolishdoethnot so.
Proverbs 3:17
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.
Hebrews 13:15
Through him then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which make confession to his name.
Proverbs 2:10
For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;
John 7:38
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from within him shall flow rivers of living water.