Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.
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,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
for it is a pleasant thing if thou keep it in thine heart, and practice it in thy mouth -
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.
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 22:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Words Of The Wise
17 Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge, 18 For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips. 19 That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I caused thee to know to-day, even thou.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 2:10
For wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant,
Job 32:18-19
For I have been full of words, Distressed me hath the spirit of my breast,
Psalm 19:10
They are more desirable than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; and sweeter than honey, Even liquid honey of the comb.
Psalm 119:13
With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Thy mouth.
Psalm 119:103
How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth.
Psalm 119:111
I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart are they.
Psalm 119:162
I do rejoice concerning Thy saying, As one finding abundant spoil.
Psalm 119:171
My lips do utter praise, For Thou dost teach me Thy statutes.
Proverbs 3:17
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.
Proverbs 8:6
Hearken, for noble things I speak, And the opening of my lips is uprightness.
Proverbs 10:13
In the lips of the intelligent is wisdom found, And a rod is for the back of him who is lacking understanding.
Proverbs 10:21
The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.
Proverbs 15:7
The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, And the heart of fools is not right.
Proverbs 16:21
To the wise in heart is called, 'Intelligent,' And sweetness of lips increaseth learning.
Proverbs 24:13-14
Eat my son, honey that is good, And the honeycomb -- sweet to thy palate.
Proverbs 25:11
Apples of gold in imagery of silver, Is the word spoken at its fit times.
Jeremiah 15:16
Thy words have been found, and I eat them, And Thy word is to me for a joy, And for the rejoicing of my heart, For Thy name is called on me, O Jehovah, God of Hosts.
Malachi 2:7
For the lips of a priest preserve knowledge, And law they do seek from his mouth, For a messenger of Jehovah of Hosts he is.
John 7:38
he who is believing in me, according as the Writing said, Rivers out of his belly shall flow of living water;'
Hebrews 13:15
through him, then, we may offer up a sacrifice of praise always to God, that is, the fruit of lips, giving thanks to His name;