Proverbs 22:18
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.
In context
16 Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
17 Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise— apply your mind to my knowledge—
18 for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.
19 So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you.
20 Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,
Proverbs 22:18 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.
- KJV King James Version
- For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
- WEB World English Bible
- For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
- ASV American Standard Version
- For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.
- DBY Darby Translation
- For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee: they shall be together fitted on thy lips.
- WBS Webster Bible
- For it is a pleasant thing if thou keepest them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.