Proverbs 22:18
For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
In Context
17Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.
19So that your faith may be in the Lord, I have made them clear to you this day, even to you.
Cross References
Psalms 19:10\19:9\The fear of the Lord is clean, and has no end; the decisions of the Lord are true and full of righteousness.
Psalms 119:103How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth!
Psalms 119:162I am delighted by your saying, like a man who makes discovery of great wealth.
Proverbs 2:10For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;
Proverbs 4:20My son, give attention to my words; let your ear be turned to my sayings.
Proverbs 8:6Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:18-22
Serious Attention Inculcated. 17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. 18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. 19 That thy trust may be in the Lord , I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. 20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, 21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that… Read the whole commentary →