Proverbs 22:18
It shall be beautiful to you, if you preserve it in your inner self, and it shall overflow from your lips,
Catholic Public Domain Version
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
17Incline your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Then apply your heart to my doctrine.
19so that your confidence may be in the Lord. Therefore, I also have revealed it to you this day.
Cross References
Psalms 19:10O Lord, save the king, and hear us on the day that we will call upon you.
Proverbs 2:10If wisdom is to enter into your heart, and if knowledge is to become pleasing to your soul,
Proverbs 4:20My son, pay attention to my sermons, and incline your ear to my eloquent words.
Proverbs 8:6Listen, for I will speak about great things, and my lips will be opened, so as to foretell what is right.
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 →