Proverbs 22:18


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].

Proverbs 2:10


For [skillful and godly] wisdom will enter your heart
And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

Job 32:18-19


“For I am full of words;
The spirit within me constrains me.

Psalm 19:10


They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb.

Psalm 119:13


With my lips I have told of
All the ordinances of Your mouth.

Psalm 119:103


How sweet are Your words to my taste,
Sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Psalm 119:111


I have taken Your testimonies as a heritage forever,
For they are the joy of my heart.

Psalm 119:162


I rejoice at Your word,
As one who finds great treasure.

Psalm 119:171


Let my lips speak praise [with thanksgiving],
For You teach me Your statutes.

Proverbs 3:17


Her ways are highways of pleasantness and favor,
And all her paths are peace.

Proverbs 8:6


“Listen, for I will speak excellent and noble things;
And the opening of my lips will reveal right things.

Proverbs 10:13


On the lips of the discerning, [skillful and godly] wisdom is found,
But discipline and the rod are for the back of the one who is without common sense and understanding.

Proverbs 10:21


The lips of the righteous feed and guide many,
But fools [who reject God and His wisdom] die for lack of understanding.

Proverbs 15:7


The lips of the wise spread knowledge [sifting it as chaff from the grain];
But the hearts of [shortsighted] fools are not so.

Proverbs 16:21


The wise in heart will be called understanding,
And sweet speech increases persuasiveness and learning [in both speaker and listener].

Proverbs 24:13-14


My son, eat honey, because it is good,
And the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.

Proverbs 25:11


Like apples of gold in settings of silver
Is a word spoken at the right time.

Jeremiah 15:16


Your words were found and I ate them,
And Your words became a joy to me and the delight of my heart;
For I have been called by Your name,
O Lord God of hosts.

Malachi 2:7

For the lips of the priest should guard and preserve knowledge [of My law], and the people should seek instruction from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

John 7:38

He who believes in Me [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Me], as the Scripture has said, ‘From his innermost being will flow continually rivers of living water.’”

Hebrews 13:15

Through Him, therefore, let us at all times offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, which is the fruit of lips that thankfully acknowledge and confess and glorify His name.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Within thee

General references

Bible References

It is

Proverbs 2:10

For [skillful and godly] wisdom will enter your heart
And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
Proverbs 3:17

Her ways are highways of pleasantness and favor,
And all her paths are peace.
Proverbs 24:13

My son, eat honey, because it is good,
And the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
Psalm 19:10

They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb.
Psalm 119:103

How sweet are Your words to my taste,
Sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Jeremiah 15:16

Your words were found and I ate them,
And Your words became a joy to me and the delight of my heart;
For I have been called by Your name,
O Lord God of hosts.

Within thee

Job 32:18

“For I am full of words;
The spirit within me constrains me.
John 7:38
He who believes in Me [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Me], as the Scripture has said, ‘From his innermost being will flow continually rivers of living water.’”

Fitted

Proverbs 8:6

“Listen, for I will speak excellent and noble things;
And the opening of my lips will reveal right things.
Proverbs 10:13

On the lips of the discerning, [skillful and godly] wisdom is found,
But discipline and the rod are for the back of the one who is without common sense and understanding.
Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise spread knowledge [sifting it as chaff from the grain];
But the hearts of [shortsighted] fools are not so.
Proverbs 16:21

The wise in heart will be called understanding,
And sweet speech increases persuasiveness and learning [in both speaker and listener].
Proverbs 25:11

Like apples of gold in settings of silver
Is a word spoken at the right time.
Psalm 119:13

With my lips I have told of
All the ordinances of Your mouth.
Malachi 2:7
For the lips of the priest should guard and preserve knowledge [of My law], and the people should seek instruction from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
Hebrews 13:15
Through Him, therefore, let us at all times offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, which is the fruit of lips that thankfully acknowledge and confess and glorify His name.

General references

Proverbs 18:20

A man’s stomach will be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth;
He will be satisfied with the consequence of his words.