Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
for it is a pleasant thing if thou keep it in thine heart, and practice it in thy mouth -
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
International Standard Version
for it is pleasant when you treasure them within you and have them ready on your lips.
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,
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.
Topics
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 22:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Words Of The Wise
17 My son, bow down thine ear, and hearken unto the words of wisdom, apply thy mind unto my doctrine - 18 for it is a pleasant thing if thou keep it in thine heart, and practice it in thy mouth - 19 that thou mayest always put thy trust in the LORD.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 2:10
When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and thy soul delighteth in knowledge;
Job 32:18-19
For I am full of words, and the spirit that is within me, compelleth me.
Psalm 19:10
More to be desired are they than gold, yea than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
Psalm 119:13
With my lips will I be telling out all the judgments of thy mouth.
Psalm 119:103
O how sweet are thy words unto my throat! Yea, sweeter than honey unto my mouth!
Psalm 119:111
Thy testimonies have I claimed as my heritage forever; and why? They are the very joy of my heart.
Psalm 119:162
I am as glad of thy word, as one that findeth great spoils.
Psalm 119:171
My lips shall speak of thy praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
Proverbs 3:17
Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peaceable.
Proverbs 8:6
Give ear, for I will speak of great matters, and open my lips to tell things that be right.
Proverbs 10:13
In the lips of him that hath understanding a man shall find wisdom; but the rod belongeth to the back of the foolish.
Proverbs 10:21
The lips of the righteous feed a whole multitude; but fools shall die in their own folly.
Proverbs 15:7
A wise mouth poureth out knowledge; but the heart of the foolish doth not so.
Proverbs 16:21
Whoso hath a wise understanding is called to counsel; but he that can speak fair, getteth more riches.
Proverbs 24:13-14
My son, thou eatest honey and the sweet honeycomb, because it is good and sweet in thy mouth.
Proverbs 25:11
A word spoken in due season, is like apples of gold in a silver dish.
Jeremiah 15:16
When I had found thy words, I ate them up greedily: they have made my heart joyful and glad, for I call upon thy name, O LORD God of Hosts.
Malachi 2:7
For the priest's lips should be sure knowledge, that men may seek the law at his mouth, for he is a messenger of the LORD of Hosts.
John 7:38
He that believeth on me, as sayeth the scripture, 'Out of his belly shall flow rivers of water of life.'"
Hebrews 13:15
For by him offer we the sacrifice of praise always to God: that is to say, the fruit of those lips, which confess his name.