For it is pleasing if you keep these sayings within you, and they are ready on your lips.

For wisdom will enter your heart, and moral knowledge will be attractive to you.

For I am full of words, and the spirit within me constrains me.

They are of greater value than gold, than even a great amount of pure gold; they bring greater delight than honey, than even the sweetest honey from a honeycomb.

With my lips I proclaim all the regulations you have revealed.

Your words are sweeter in my mouth than honey!

I claim your rules as my permanent possession, for they give me joy.

I rejoice in your instructions, like one who finds much plunder.

May praise flow freely from my lips, for you teach me your statutes.

Her ways are very pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.

Listen, for I will speak excellent things, and my lips will utter what is right.

Wisdom is found in the words of the discerning person, but the one who lacks wisdom will be disciplined.

The teaching of the righteous feeds many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.

The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the heart of fools.

The one who is wise in heart is called discerning, and kind speech increases persuasiveness.

Eat honey, my child, for it is good, and honey from the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

Like apples of gold in settings of silver, so is a word skillfully spoken.

As your words came to me I drank them in, and they filled my heart with joy and happiness because I belong to you.

For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge of sacred things, and people should seek instruction from him because he is the messenger of the Lord who rules over all.

let the one who believes in me drink. Just as the scripture says, 'From within him will flow rivers of living water.'"

Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name.

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

Within thee

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It is

For wisdom will enter your heart, and moral knowledge will be attractive to you.
Her ways are very pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.
Eat honey, my child, for it is good, and honey from the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
They are of greater value than gold, than even a great amount of pure gold; they bring greater delight than honey, than even the sweetest honey from a honeycomb.
Your words are sweeter in my mouth than honey!
As your words came to me I drank them in, and they filled my heart with joy and happiness because I belong to you.

Within thee

For I am full of words, and the spirit within me constrains me.
let the one who believes in me drink. Just as the scripture says, 'From within him will flow rivers of living water.'"

Fitted

Listen, for I will speak excellent things, and my lips will utter what is right.
Wisdom is found in the words of the discerning person, but the one who lacks wisdom will be disciplined.
The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the heart of fools.
The one who is wise in heart is called discerning, and kind speech increases persuasiveness.
Like apples of gold in settings of silver, so is a word skillfully spoken.
With my lips I proclaim all the regulations you have revealed.
For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge of sacred things, and people should seek instruction from him because he is the messenger of the Lord who rules over all.
Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name.

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From the fruit of a person's mouth his stomach is satisfied, with the product of his lips is he satisfied.

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