Proverbs 22:18
“For it is a pleasant thing, if thou keepe them within thee; they shall withall be fitted in thy lippes.”
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Proverbs 22:18 Context
16Hee that oppresseth the poore to increase his riches, and he that giueth to the rich, shall surely come to want. 17Bow downe thine eare, and heare the words of the wise, and apply thine heart vnto my knowledge. 18For it is a pleasant thing, if thou keepe them within thee; they shall withall be fitted in thy lippes. 19That thy trust may bee in the Lord, I haue made knowen to thee this day, euen to thee. 20Haue not I written to thee excellent things in counsailes and knowledge:
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Other Translations for Proverbs 22:18
For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
- King James Version
For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, That they may be ready on your lips.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.
- Basic English Bible
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee: they shall be together fitted on thy lips.
- Darby Bible
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keepest them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
- Webster's Bible
For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
- World English Bible
For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.
- Youngs Literal Bible
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; let them be established altogether upon thy lips.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Proverbs 22:18
22:18 Fitted - Fitly expressed: thou wilt be able to discourse profitably of them.